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Criterion
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
A single opinion rarely holds up for planning when the future is genuinely uncertain. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as an Estimate Range, Assumption Log, and Expert Consensus Notes.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 h or multiple rounds2-4 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-12 Experten3-123-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Estimate Range, Assumption Log, Expert Consensus Notes7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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EstimationExpertsForecasting
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud