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Criterion
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UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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.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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
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Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-124-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Innovation
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Innovation
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