Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System

“Leverage points” are considered to be places within a complex system where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything.

In Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System, Donella Meadows shares her thoughts on where the 12 leverage points are within a system, and why. Les Robinson of Enabling Change has adapted Donella Meadows’ system, updating the language to make it more relevant and adding a number of interventions.

Len’s updated list of 18 areas are:

1. Facts
2. Skills
3. Resources
4. Services
5. Buffers
6. Infrastructure
7. Feedback
8. Inclusion
9. Community
10. Accountability
11. Level playing field
12. Full cost pricing
13. Counterweights
14. Rules
15. Institutions
16. Innovation
17. Purpose
18. Paradigm

Both articles are well worth reading and provide useful frameworks for thinking about systems change.

Source: Changeology