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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 Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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.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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.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
HighHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
Half day1-4 WochenHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-126-30 Experten10-503-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
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Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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