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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
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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 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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
Half day1-4 Wochen60-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-126-30 Experten4-104-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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