Seeing Our System
A Seeing Our System workshop helps a team step back from a problem it keeps solving and look at the wider system that keeps producing it. The team leaves seeing the problem differently, with a clear idea of where its effort will actually make a difference.
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What You'll Achieve with the Seeing Our System Workshop
Real outcomes that transform your team
Teams gain a deeper understanding of recurring problems and their systemic roots.
Participants learn to identify leverage points for effective interventions.
When to Use the Seeing Our System Workshop
Perfect for these situations and team challenges
When a team is repeatedly facing missed deadlines and wants to understand the underlying causes.
For leaders wanting to facilitate lasting change in a team struggling with customer complaints.
How the Seeing Our System Workshop Works
A step-by-step breakdown of the workshop process
1Step 1: Check-in and Frame
In this step, the team identifies a recurring problem to focus on. They discuss and choose one problem to examine deeply, setting the stage for a fresh perspective.
2Step 2: Draw the Big Picture
Teams split into small groups and create a visual representation of the wider system surrounding the chosen problem, including all involved parties, pressures, and conflicts.
3Step 3: Go Below the Surface
Participants analyze the problem more deeply by exploring the layers beneath the surface, including events, patterns, structures, and underlying beliefs that perpetuate the issue.
4Step 4: Find the Loops
The group identifies feedback loops that contribute to the problem, illustrating how certain factors reinforce the existing situation and prevent change.
Key Topics Covered in the Seeing Our System Workshop
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