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I first encountered the 7S McKinsey Framework the way many people do: as a neat diagram in a slide deck, cleanly labeled, reassuringly symmetrical. Strategy. Structure. Systems. Skills. Staff. Style. Shared Values.  Seven elements, all aligned, all tidy: Real life, of course, is none of those things. Over time, I’ve come to appreciate the 7S…

I first encountered the 7S McKinsey Framework the way many people do: as a neat diagram in a slide deck, cleanly labeled, reassuringly symmetrical. Strategy. Structure. Systems. Skills. Staff. Style. Shared Values.  Seven elements, all aligned, all tidy: Real life, of course, is none of those things. Over time, I’ve come to appreciate the 7S…