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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
Half day1-4 h45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-83-121-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
RiskDecisionSensemaking
ChangeDecisionStrategy
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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