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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Leverage Points | ![]() Systems Thinking Systems Mapping | ![]() Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis | ![]() Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day | 1-3 h | Half day | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | System Map, Dependencies, Leverage Points | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation |



