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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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 Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Half day60-120 min1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-123-101
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyFutures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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ALPEN Method
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Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
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Operations
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