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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
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
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day10-20 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-124-100+3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
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