The Three Variables: Sussing out the Factors that Contribute to an Unproductive System
The Three Approaches: Deciding on the Starting Point
The Three Planning Tasks: Preparing to Take Action -- Our Method
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- Channels-- those cause-and-effect pathways that connect or disconnect intentions with results
- Energy -- the forces that drive change and those that restrain change that operate within a domain.
- Leverage -- applying the right catalyst to lift or lighten the process of change.
The Three Approaches: Deciding on the Starting Point
- The Direct Approach -- focusing on the problem at hand, usually by taking one link in a delivery chain.
- The Group Approach -- focusing on the way people congregate,
- The Indirect Approach -- focusing on overlooked organizational, institutional or "environmental" resources.
The Three Planning Tasks: Preparing to Take Action -- Our Method
- Making a Map -- conducing an "environmental scan" of an unproductive system to uncover your blind spots.
- Minding the Gaps -- focusing on where, exactly, the intentions get prevented from becoming results.
- Building the App -- preparing the platform that forms the basis of your actions.
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