Systems and value chain thinking
The skill of seeing how components, dependencies, and incentives interact across the wider landscape.
🎯 What it enables​
It is essential when reshaping value chains, exploiting bottlenecks, or coordinating ecosystems.
🧠How to build it​
- Map dependencies and identify where control or friction sits today.
- Look for second-order impacts before changing a critical component.
- Review how shifting one node affects partners, suppliers, and users.
📰 Related blog posts​
- Cybernetic AI Leadership with the Viable System Model — Frames system viability across distributed operations.
- Soft Systems Methodology for Wardley Mapping — Offers techniques for surfacing system structure and assumptions.
- Panarchy and Wardley Climatic Patterns — Connects system cycles to map evolution dynamics.