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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
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Half day30-60 min60-120 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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Leverage Map, Action StrategyStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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