Identifying problems in your system

Changing these systems requires us to identify how culture, structures, policies and practices are holding the problem in place. These are the same forces that will hold solutions in place. The key is shifting the stories we tell ourselves (mental models) that are shaping culture, structures, policies and practices.

Additional resources:

Questions to consider – A list of questions to consider as you’re thinking about your system through this lens
Centering community – Ideas for how to involve people on the trampoline in the design of the trampoline itself, breaking down the wall, and closing the tradeoffs chute
SHIFT: From short-term change to lasting wellbeing through the full frame approach – A toolkit for philanthropy
Wellbeing Blueprint – Principles for systems centered on wellbeing

Next: Mental Models Back: Introduction