Rapid Battle Cards 01–16
Cover the clues, classify first, then explain the deciding distinction.
| # | Concept A | Concept B | A clue | B clue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Change | Transition | new situation / external state | psychological process through Ending → Neutral → New Beginning |
| 2 | Technology deployment | Organizational change | tool/project milestone | changed behavior, accountability, understanding and work |
| 3 | People resist change | People resist being changed | overbroad claim | arbitrary/imposed change creates resistance |
| 4 | Urgency | Anxiety | focused reason to move | fear/overload can increase resistance |
| 5 | Crisis | Urgency | possible trigger with side effects | mobilizing state; can exist without crisis |
| 6 | Sponsor | Guiding Coalition | one influential champion | cross-org team with power/expertise/credibility/leadership |
| 7 | Guiding Coalition | Steering committee | transformation influence | oversight forum may be narrower |
| 8 | Leadership | Management | vision/strategy/mobilization | plans/budgets/control |
| 9 | Common goal | Change vision | shared team objective | compelling future direction |
| 10 | Vision | Project plan | destination/direction | tasks/timing/resources |
| 11 | Vision | Technology target | organizational outcome | enabling deployment milestone |
| 12 | Short-term win | Victory | evidence/fuel | false finish before consolidation/anchoring |
| 13 | Walk the Talk | Repetition | deeds align with words | more exposure to words |
| 14 | Explain inconsistency | Ignore inconsistency | honest rationale/scope/duration | credibility damage |
| 15 | One-way broadcast | Give and Take | send | listen/feedback |
| 16 | D | V | dissatisfaction / why leave | better future / where go |
Fast changed-fact rules
- Change → transition when the stem moves from the external event to loss/ambiguity/new-normal experience.
- Sponsor → coalition when the work requires broad cross-organizational guiding capacity.
- Repetition → Walk the Talk when behavior/incentives contradict the message.
- Short-term win → dangerous victory when leaders stop because early evidence exists.
Source: pp. 542–565.