The Art of Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
for Complex Problems
Idiagram provides consulting and graphic design services to help our clients:

1 ) Think Clearly and systemically about complex problems
2 )
Engage Diverse Stakeholders who must be part of the solution
3 )
Communicate Effectively with the people who must act on those problems

We work with teams facing complex multi-faceted problems to:

  • Build a sophisticated systemic understanding of complex issues and opportunities
  • Develop broad strategic insight
  • Design more creative solutions
  • Build shared vision, ownership, and enthusiasm
  • Communicate effectively with others

Doing these things well, and the synergy of doing them together, can have a profound impact on team knowledge, morale, and coordination.

Our approach revolves around the use of systems thinking and systems mapping to facilitate better thinking, communication and coherent action.

Our visual modeling process serves as a tool to help our clients:

 

 

Think Clearly
about the complex issues that are impeding progress. By explicitly mapping the elements of the problem, visual models enable us to generate a broader, clearer, and deeper understanding. By giving us a tangible model to work with, visual models can empower us to design more creative and effective solutions.
Think Together
We help teams forge a clear and coherent picture of their varied knowledge and diverse perspectives. By catalyzing conversation and supplying a common map of the issues in question, a good visual model can help teams realize the synergy of their collective knowledge, and inspire them to move forward with a shared sense of understanding, ownership and purpose.
Communicate Effectively
Our graphics are not ends in themselves but tools for creating understanding and action. Inspiring coherent action – motivating people to self-organize and work in concert towards a common goal – requires shared vision. That shared vision – a common understanding of the issues, the goals, and the means to achieve them – is the source from which all sustainable and coherent action flows.
Generate Shared Vision & Coherent Action
Our graphics are not ends in themselves but tools for creating understanding and action. Inspiring coherent action – motivating people to self-organize and work in concert towards a common goal – requires shared vision. That shared vision – a common understanding of the issues, the goals, and the means to achieve them – is the source from which all sustainable and coherent action flows.
Put It All Together

Idiagram services include research, systemic analysis and mapping, facilitation of group stratigic thinking, and design of communication materials. We function as thinking-partners to help our clients deal with complex strategic issues and to help generate multi-stakeholder engagement and alignment. We create visual models that bring knowledge and people together - generating understanding, insight, agreement and action.

To discuss visualizing your project, please contact:

Marshall Clemens

mclemens@idiagram.com

phone:   781 424-0349

 

 

 

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