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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.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 stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-2 h30-60 minHalf day60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Outputdifferent
Polarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderLeverage Map, Action StrategySalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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