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Design Systemic Intervention

Move from a complex problem space to leverage points, impact logic, and verifiable intervention.

Outcome

An intervention design with impact logic, leverage points, risks, and evaluation.

At the end you have

System MapCausal Loop DiagramLeverage MapIntervention Plan

Decision point

You can decide which lever is plausible, accountable, and verifiable for intervention.

Next step

Test the intervention on a small scale, monitor side effects, and schedule learning loops for adjustments.

Ideal for

  • Complex organizational problems
  • system behavior with feedback loops
  • change programs

Not good for

  • simple linear causes
  • acute incident response
Preparation

What should be clear before you start

Roles

  • Change or systems owner
  • affected roles from the system
  • facilitator with systems thinking experience

Inputs

  • complex problem or patterns
  • known actors, rules, and feedback loops
  • data, stories, or observations of system behavior

Setup

  • Choose system boundary deliberately
  • Secure perspective diversity
  • Plan for evaluation and side effects from the start
Flow

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    Intervention Mapping Working Template

    Compact working template for Intervention Mapping with context, input, output artifacts, and next step.

    # Intervention Mapping Canvas

## Context

What is this method used for?

## Core question

Which question should be answered at the end?

## Input

Which data, observations, or materials are available?

## Working area

- Area 1:
- Area 2:
- Area 3:
- Relationships / patterns:

## Output artifacts
- Logic Model:
- Change Objectives:
- Intervention Components:
- Evaluation Plan:

## Open questions

- ...

## Next step

Owner, date, and success signal.