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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighLow
Timedifferent
Half day1-4 Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-126-30 Experten4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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