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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Decision Making Force Field 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. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-12 | 2-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | Force Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes |
Tags1 shared | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis | ChangeDecisionStrategy |