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Criterion
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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.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.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsLeverage Map, Action StrategyFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
GrowthRetentionConversion
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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