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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
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Half day45-120 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision InputsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram