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Criterion
Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Red Teaming
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
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.For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments.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 The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 hHalf day15-60 min je Zyklus
Participantsdifferent
3-123-83-121-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsChallenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation PlanLeverage Map, Action StrategySituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action Updates
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
RiskDecisionSensemaking
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
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