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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.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
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Timedifferent
Half day30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-103-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
ChangeDecisionStrategy
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Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
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