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Paper illustration of Strategy Map with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategy Map
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
A Strategy Map translates strategy into a few connected objectives across perspectives such as finance, customers, processes, and learning. This makes visible which capabilities and activities are meant to drive which results.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.
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MediumHigh
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2-4 h workshop plus review2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
4-103-8
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WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Strategy Map, Objective Set, Cause-Effect HypothesesCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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AlignmentExecutionGoalsCausality
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
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Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram
Iceberg Model method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Iceberg Model