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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 for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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 team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.
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Half day60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-84-12
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective