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Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
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Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Purposedifferent
When a usage scenario needs to become understandable early, it condenses situations, context, and flow into a legible sequence. It helps check concept ideas before anything gets built.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min1-3 hHalf day
Participantsdifferent
1-83-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanLeverage Map, Action Strategy
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VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
KnowledgeMappingRisk
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
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Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
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Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
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Decision Making
Force Field Analysis