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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP 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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
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Timedifferent
Half day0.5-2 Tage2-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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