Our Approach · Foundations
Academic Foundations
The learning experience is child-friendly. The intellectual foundation is rigorous.
SSM
Soft Systems Methodology
Contribution
Messy situationsMultiple perspectivesDifferent purposesCulturally feasible improvement
Child translation
Draw the situation. Ask how different people understand it.
SD
System Dynamics
Contribution
Behaviour over timeFeedback loopsDelaysUnintended consequencesLeverage
Child translation
What keeps making this problem grow, return or slow down?
CSH
Critical Systems Heuristics
Contribution
BoundariesPowerExpertiseLegitimacyFairness
Child translation
Who benefits? Who decides? Whose knowledge counts? Who is missing?
TOC
Theory of Constraints
Contribution
ConstraintsCause-and-effect logicUnderlying conflictObstacles to implementation
Child translation
What is the bottleneck? Are we solving the cause or only the symptom?
VSM
Viable System Model
Contribution
Operational autonomyCoordinationMonitoringAdaptationIdentity
Child translation
Who does the work, coordinates, checks, looks ahead and protects the shared purpose?
CSP
Critical Systems Practice
Contribution
Methodological pluralismCritical awarenessInterventionReflectionAdaptation
Child translation
Use the right thinking tools, try carefully, learn and adjust.
Children do not begin by memorising these academic names. The methodologies guide the design of stories, questions, maps, games and projects.
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