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DrawToast Systems Thinking Guide PDF
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A Primer in
Systems Thinking
Tom Wujec
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The Exercise
Key Steps
Key Steps
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Your intend customers.
Who are your customers? How
q Identify Category Drivers
w Identify the Focus
INTENT
narrow or broad are the
organizations.
e Brainstorm Factors
r Clarity the Implications
Every business operates
within a context of limited COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE CUSTOMER DESIRES MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
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resources, dilemmas and
tradeoffs. What specifically
are you trying to achieve.
Where are you going
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compared to the customer
and market needs and
opportunities as well as
within the competitive
landscape.
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As businesses grow and as more layers of
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management, many become disconnected
from their customers. As the real people
change their world, they become. Creating a
persona map is more than creating a picture, MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET OPPORTUNITIES MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
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understanding of the products, services and
solutions. Essentially, it’s the target for your
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value proposition.
q Give each group a collection of cards to fill out.
w Put them on the publicly visible board in
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Wicked Questions
Ho w c an we
Wh at is our At t rac t Be t te r
Groups have no shortage of wicked
questions. Spend some time thinking
Noble Pur pose? Cus tome rs
about the right level of question for Fas te r?
your group to consider. Also, think
about the kinds of nodes and links that
will surface in the discussion.
Wh o are our
For each primary question, consider M ai n R i v a ls a t F o rc e s a re
a Wh
whe re are t h nd
Sh a p i n g o u r ?
follow up questions which further
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frame the discussion.
be at ing us? y
I n dus t r y n o w
Wh at is re all y
going on in our Ho w w ill we Ho w mus t we
org aniz at ion St and Ou t H o w Sh o u l d w
De ligh t our Me asure Suc
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n o w? and Win? Cus tome rs? ce s s
To day?
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What Forces are Shaping
GLOBAL TRENDS our Industry now?
TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMY
SOCIETY What technologies are driving
Describe the impact of
What is the state of the
POLICY
changes in the physical
How is society changing? your industry? Which are economy? Locally. Regionally. Describe the policies, laws and
environment of your business.
What trends do you see in growing? By how much? Nationally. Globally. How does regulations relevant to your
From local living conditions to
people’s behaviours, values Which are declining? How the economic climate affect business. What new
global changes, environments
and beliefs? What changes in may some technologies the business of your suppliers, regulations will augment or
shape growth and decline.
culture are relevant to your potentially disrupt industries? customers, employees? constrain business?
business? Why?
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