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Criterion
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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Innovation
Worst Possible Idea
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.For a seemingly familiar problem with paralyzing seriousness, the method dissolves pressure and fear of judgment. It deliberately makes failure pictures extreme, so hidden assumptions become visible faster. This clarifies what a workable path should avoid.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.
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HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
Half day20-45 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Leverage Map, Action StrategyBad Idea List, Reframed Concepts, Idea ShortlistFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
IdeationCreativityDivergence
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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