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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
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 several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 hHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-123-83-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsLeverage Map, Action Strategy
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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Context Map workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
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