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Criterion
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Purposedifferent
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.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.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 a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
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2-4 h30-60 minHalf day30-60 min
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Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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