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Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future 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.When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
Half day3-14 Tage2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-1250+3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategySurvey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
QuantitativeResearchValidation
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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