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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration of the Morphological Analysis working structure.
Innovation
Morphological Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.For a search for solutions with many degrees of freedom, a grid emerges for systematic combinations. The method separates features, variants, and exclusion criteria, so the space gets explored deliberately.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Half day8-15 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-121-102-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategySketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsMorphological Box, Concept Combinations, Idea ShortlistLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
IdeationInnovationCreativity
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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