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Criterion
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 for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Half day10-20 min1-2 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-100+4-124-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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