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Criterion
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Purposedifferent
When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.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.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.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-60 minHalf day45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsLeverage Map, Action StrategyForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
ChangeDecisionStrategy
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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