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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
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 a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.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
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Timedifferent
1-3 h60-120 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-124-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanLeverage Map, Action Strategy
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Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Domain Modeling
Context Map