Business Outcomes

• Apply Causal Loops and Archetypes to lead system-aware decisions.

• Identify performance drivers using feedback loops.

• Break recurring issues through strategic intervention.

• Align execution with strategy via structured models.

• Craft sustainable change using the Vision Deployment Matrix.

Learning Outcomes

• Map Causal Loops to find leverage points.

• Use feedback loops to optimise decisions.

• Recognise key Systems Archetypes and avoid pitfalls.

• Bridge strategy and execution with the Vision Deployment Matrix.

• Address decision biases with diagnostic tools.

• Use Archetypes for strategic foresight.

• Lead effective team conversations to shift thinking.

Causal Loops & Feedback Mastery

• Understand and apply Reinforcing & Balancing Loops

• Map workplace systems with causal loop diagrams

• Identify delays, cross-impacts, and unintended effects

• Workshop: Develop leverage points and a Theory of Change

Systems Archetypes & Strategic Design

• Engage in Systems Archetypes such as “Fixes That Fail” in real situations

• Identify delays in Causal Loop implementation

• Activity: Map real challenges connecting Theory of Success to Levels of Perspective Walk-Down

• Draft Vision Deployment Matrix interventions

• Bridge vision gaps through systemic planning

Leading Systemic Change

• Explore the roles of Systems Leaders, especially as Theory Builders and Designers

• Define the Gaps and Open Issues in the Vision Deployment Matrix.

• Refine systemic structures arising from the Theory of Success

• Facilitate deep team conversations to align mental models

• Apply cross-System models to align a diagnosis-to-solution narrative