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Criterion
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Purposedifferent
When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
15-30 min60-120 minHalf day1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-83-122-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsLeverage Map, Action StrategyDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
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