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| Criterion |  Operations After-Action Review |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | Half day | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | LearningOperationsImprovement | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |
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