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Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
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60-120 min2-6 h2-4 h
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Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
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Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
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