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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 60-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |
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