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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 Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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 many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
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Half day60-120 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S