Maps value creation and evolution stages so strategic options, levers, and market movements become legible.
Core question: How does user need connect to components, and how evolved are they?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-10
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
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.
Models stocks, inflows and outflows, and delays to understand dynamics, bottlenecks, and capacity.
Core question: How do inflows and outflows change stocks over time?
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
1-6
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Traces developments over time and reveals turning points, patterns, and possible causes of a trend.
Core question: How does one clearly defined variable change over a relevant period, and what might explain turning points?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
20-45 min
1-10
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves relationships, patterns, and leverage toward a concrete result through "formulate current observations", "introduce archetype cards", and "discuss leverage and derive actions".
Core question: Which feedback archetype explains the pattern, and where can the structure change?
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.
90-180 min
3-10
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Systems ThinkingCategory: Systems Thinking. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves relationships, patterns, and leverage toward a concrete result through "define the question and time horizon", "define stocks and flows", and "run scenarios and vary assumptions".
Core question: What feedback and accumulation structure generates the behaviour, and how do scenarios respond?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.AsyncFormat: async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.