Draws feedback, reinforcement, and balance so patterns, levers, and side effects become understandable.
Core question: Which hypothesized feedbacks could produce the observed behavior over time?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-8
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies connections, patterns, and leverage points by collecting undesirable effects, formulating causal links, and deriving interventions.
Core question: Which common causes can sufficiently explain the observed undesirable effects?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-6 h
3-8
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Reconstructs a chain of events, marks factors, and derives verifiable causes and corrective actions.
Core question: Which events and conditions demonstrably contributed to the undesired outcome, and how are they linked in time and causality?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-6 h
3-10
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves from current problems through core conflicts and future logic to a viable path through a bottleneck.
Core question: What to change, what to change to, and how to cause change when undesirable effects are causally connected?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
0.5-3 Tage
4-10
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Business StrategyCategory: Business Strategy. Describes the method's domain of use.
Visualizes strategic objectives and cause-and-effect relationships so a leadership team sees the same strategy story.
Core question: Which capabilities and processes should create which customer value and financial result?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.