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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Purposedifferent
Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.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.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h2-4 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved InjectionsFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
GrowthRetentionConversion
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Paper illustration for Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Paper illustration for Intervention Mapping.
Systems Thinking
Intervention Mapping