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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 mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
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 a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
Half day10-20 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-100+1-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping