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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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.With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLowLow
Timedifferent
Half day5-10 min daily45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1212-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyDaily Priority List, Completion NotesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
ChangeDecisionStrategy
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