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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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 group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Half day60-180 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-1212-100+1-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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