🧭 Situation

Initiative failed — learning from it

14 curated tools for this situation — sorted by evidence level.

Guide Practice-validated
5 Whys Template Drills from symptoms to the root cause via repeated whys.
👥 2–8 ⏱ 30–60 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
ADKAR Model Makes change individually measurable: where exactly does it stall — awareness, desire, knowledge, ability, or reinforcement?
👥 2–12 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
DMAIC Improves processes data-driven in five phases: define, measure, analyze, improve, control.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 4 days 📍 In person / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
Fishbone Diagram Collects possible causes broadly across categories — before the team pounces on the first one.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 60–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
Problem Tree Visualizes causes and effects of a core problem as a tree — making intervention points choosable.
👥 3–15 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Methodensammlung Practice-validated
Retrospective Patterns Keeps retrospectives effective through changing formats — against the same-old what-went-well ritual.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practice-validated
Satir Change Model Explains the performance dip in change — and why aborting in the chaos is the costliest mistake.
👥 2–15 ⏱ 45–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practitioner heuristic
Innovation Accounting Measures innovation progress via validated learning instead of revenue hopes.
👥 2–8 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Learning Canvas Structures learning from experience in meetings — so insights don't evaporate.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 30–60 Min 📍 In person / Remote
Assessment Practitioner heuristic
Organization Diagnostic Model Systematically diagnoses organizational performance and locates the real gaps.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Problem Solving Canvas Leads in a structured way from problem via causes to concrete action steps on one canvas.
👥 2–8 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Problem Statement Canvas Defines the problem precisely before solutions are discussed — half the battle of any problem solving.
👥 2–8 ⏱ 45–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote
Technik Practitioner heuristic
Rose Bud Thorn Collects in a simple structure what works well, what has potential, and what hurts.
👥 3–15 ⏱ 20–45 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Framework Practitioner heuristic
Transformation Discovery Compass Finds out where a transformation is truly blocked — and which decision changes the system.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 1 day 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid

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