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Criterion
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis 2 Tage2-4 hHalf day1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
15-2003-83-124-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Session Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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