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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 Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.
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MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
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