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The full deck All 55 cards across five MAKIA dimensions, the process phases, and the stakeholder personas. Search, filter, open, flip — or let the deck pick for you.
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All 55 Meaning 9 Actors 9 Knowledge 9 Impact 9 Alignment 9 Persona 5 Process 5
55 cards
Process Phase
Mind Mapping
See the whole picture before diving into any single part.
PROC-1 20 min
Process Phase
Activate Creativity
Break your usual thinking patterns. Combine cards to generate unexpected possibilities.
PROC-2 30 min
Process Phase
Kickstart Prototyping
Stop theorizing. Make something tangible — even a rough sketch counts.
PROC-3 45 min
Process Phase
Iterate with Intention
Every version teaches you something. The goal isn’t perfect — it’s better.
PROC-4 30 min
Process Phase
Adopt Systems
Adoption doesn’t end at training. It begins there.
PROC-5 30 min
Meaning Intro
Meaning
Before touching any tool, answer one question: why does this matter to us?
M-0
Meaning Concept
Strategic Clarity
A team without strategic clarity will adopt randomly — and abandon quickly.
M-1
Meaning Concept
AI Intent
Vague intent leads to vague results — and abandoned tools.
M-2
Meaning Action
The Problem Pyramid
What are you really solving? Surface, operational, or strategic?
M-3 15 min
Meaning Action
The “So What?” Chain
Keep asking until you reach something that truly matters.
M-4 10 min
Meaning Action
One-Sentence Challenge
If your team writes 6 different sentences — you need alignment first.
M-5 10 min
Meaning Action
Fear vs. Opportunity Map
Every fear is an unacknowledged opportunity in disguise.
M-6 20 min
Meaning Reflect
Why Now?
Is this initiative driven by strategy — or by fear of missing out?
M-7 10 min
Meaning Reflect
What Are We NOT Solving?
Defining out-of-scope is as important as defining the goal.
M-8 10 min
Actors Intro
Actors
AI change doesn’t happen to organizations. It happens to people.
A-0
Actors Concept
Stakeholder Ecosystem
If you only engage decision-makers, you’ll lose the people who make things work.
A-1
Actors Concept
Change Champions
Champions are not hired. They are recognized, supported, and empowered.
A-2
Actors Action
The People Radar
Your most dangerous stakeholder isn’t the loudest critic — it’s the silent blocker.
A-3 20 min
Actors Action
Role by Role Impact
The same AI tool changes completely depending on who uses it — and how.
A-4 25 min
Actors Action
The Sponsor Question
If you can’t write a name, your project has no owner.
A-5 5 min
Actors Action
Fear Inventory
Name the fear. Give it space. Then you can work with it.
A-6 15 min
Actors Reflect
Who Is Missing?
The most important voice is often the one not in the room.
A-7 10 min
Actors Reflect
The Resistant Person
Resistance isn’t the problem. Unacknowledged resistance is.
A-8 10 min
Knowledge Intro
Knowledge
AI literacy isn’t about knowing everything. It’s about asking the right questions.
K-0
Knowledge Concept
AI Literacy
Literacy doesn’t mean coding. It means not being fooled.
K-1
Knowledge Concept
Prompt Engineering
The quality of your question determines the quality of the answer. Always.
K-2
Knowledge Action
The Literacy Audit
Where is your team strongest? Where is the dangerous gap?
K-3 15 min
Knowledge Action
The Prompt Lab
Same task, different prompts — wildly different results.
K-4 20 min
Knowledge Action
The Bad Output Game
Critical evaluation is the most underrated AI skill in any team.
K-5 15 min
Knowledge Action
Use Case Mapping
The best AI use case is the one that helps you work better this week.
K-6 20 min
Knowledge Reflect
What Must We Unlearn?
Working with AI requires rethinking habits, not just adding tools.
K-7 10 min
Knowledge Reflect
Where Does Human Judgment Matter?
Not everything should be delegated to AI. The question is: what?
K-8 10 min
Impact Intro
Impact
Productivity is the smallest AI opportunity. The biggest one is how you think.
I-0
Impact Concept
Workflow Redesign
Automating a bad process just makes it fail faster.
I-1
Impact Concept
Value Beyond Productivity
If you only measure hours saved, you’re missing most of the story.
I-2
Impact Action
The Time Audit
You can’t redesign what you haven’t mapped.
I-3 20 min
Impact Action
Before / After Workflow
Draw what you want to stop doing. Then design what replaces it.
I-4 30 min
Impact Action
The Impact Matrix
Not all AI ideas are worth pursuing. Some are traps.
I-5 20 min
Impact Action
The 10× Question
If AI could help you do this 10× better — what would that look like?
I-6 15 min
Impact Reflect
Are We Measuring the Right Things?
Usage is not impact. Adoption is not transformation.
I-7 10 min
Impact Reflect
What Would Disappear Tomorrow?
Dependency and resilience are two sides of the same AI coin.
I-8 10 min
Alignment Intro
Alignment
Adoption doesn’t end at training. It begins there.
AL-0
Alignment Concept
AI Governance
Without governance, AI use becomes chaotic, risky, and inconsistent.
AL-1
Alignment Concept
Integration vs. Addition
A tool that lives outside the workflow will be ignored in three weeks.
AL-2
Alignment Action
The Alignment Check
Where you score lowest — that’s where adoption will break first.
AL-3 15 min
Alignment Action
Our AI Policy (Draft)
Not a legal doc — a shared commitment that makes AI use safer.
AL-4 20 min
Alignment Action
The 90-Day Roadmap
A plan without a timeline is a wish. Without owners, it’s theatre.
AL-5 30 min
Alignment Action
The Sustainability Test
The hardest question isn’t ‘does this work?’ — it’s ‘will this last?’
AL-6 15 min
Alignment Reflect
Who Needs to Be Aligned?
The gap between strategy and adoption lives in unaligned people.
AL-7 10 min
Alignment Reflect
What’s Our Fallback?
AI systems change, fail, and get deprecated. Your org should not.
AL-8 10 min
Persona Persona
The Skeptic
Show me the proof before I change how I work.
PER-1
Persona Persona
The Enthusiast
I already use 12 AI tools. Want to see my prompt library?
PER-2
Persona Persona
The Decision Maker
What’s the ROI? Who owns it? What’s the legal risk?
PER-3
Persona Persona
The Overwhelmed
I already have too much to do. Now AI too?
PER-4
Persona Persona
The Practitioner
I need something that works in my actual job — not a slide deck.
PER-5
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