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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
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
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.
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1-3 h2-4 hHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-83-83-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsLeverage Map, Action Strategy
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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