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Criterion
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.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.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 hHalf day60–90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesLeverage Map, Action StrategyStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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