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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
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Half day60-120 min5-15 min
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
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Leverage Map, Action StrategyConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
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