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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Half day60-120 min60–90 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-102-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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