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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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Family Tree Analysis
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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.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring.
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Half day2-6 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Leverage Map, Action StrategyCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasFamily Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic Measures
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Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic
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Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
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