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Criterion
Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
UX Design
Storyboarding
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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.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.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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Timedifferent
30-90 minHalf day2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-83-123-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Storyboard, Concept Narrative, Testable AssumptionsLeverage Map, Action StrategyFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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VisualizationConceptsSequencePrototype
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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