It is firstly important to know that leverage points are counter-intuitive. Leverage is not found in the centralized points of the greatest manifest power in the system but is found rather in abstraction. By abstraction, we mean shifting up from the manifest observable everyday phenomena to look at information flows and mental models. Understanding... See more

Leverage points for transformation — Analyzing the transition factors and the systemic challenges they give rise to enabled us to identify strategic leverage points, the next layer of insight on the map. Leverage points are the strategic areas where a capital intervention can have an outsized effect on system transformation, creating ripple

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