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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.
Complexitydifferent
HighLow
Timedifferent
Half day30–60 min per interview
Participantsdifferent
3-121 participant per interview
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyInterview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
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