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Criterion
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Purposedifferent
Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.When several contexts need to talk to each other, it makes their relationships and dependencies legible. It helps sort integration pressure and responsibilities across system boundaries.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-30 min1-3 hHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-123-122-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listContext Map, Integration Patterns, Boundary NotesLeverage Map, Action Strategy
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
Domain-Driven DesignBoundariesStrategy
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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