Synthesise interview signal into a political power map
Reads across all structured interview notes and produces a working map of formal and informal power, alliances and rivalries, where real decision authority sits, and who must be on-side for advice to land.
In / outAll structured interview notes + observations → power map (formal/informal authority, alliances, rivalries, loaded topics, on-side requirements)
You might say…
“The org chart said the COO was the operating centre of gravity. The interviews said otherwise. The map made that explicit.”
What it does
Reads across all structured interview notes and observations and produces a working map of formal and informal power, alliances and rivalries, where real decision authority sits versus the org chart, politically loaded topics, and who must be on-side for advice to land. Used once enough interviews are gathered to convert dispersed signal into an explicit relational and political model.
Trigger: Use once enough interviews are gathered to convert dispersed interpersonal signal into an explicit relational and political model.
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