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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
Half day60-120 min60-120 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-125-122-83-20
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group PriorityConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsRanked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
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