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Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Purposedifferent
For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments.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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
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Timedifferent
0.5-5 TageHalf day45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Kaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work UpdateLeverage Map, Action StrategyAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
LeanContinuous improvementOperations
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving