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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder 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.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
Half day1-5 Tage60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Nutzertraffic2-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S