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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
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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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.
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Half day2-4 h1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen1-2 h
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Leverage Map, Action StrategyFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsProblem Statement, Prototype, Test LearningsBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses
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Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
InnovationPrototypeResearch
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
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