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| Criterion |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Decision Making Force Field Analysis |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | 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. | In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving. | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | Half day | 45-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions |
Tagsno overlap | InnovationPrototypeResearch | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | ChangeDecisionStrategy | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue |