System Mapping
Toolkit

A simple toolkit to visualize 
and tackle complex challenges

  • Guided Mapping Process

    A guided process leads you through the different stages of your mapping

  • Easy-to-use Templates

    Use pre-designed templates to enhance your mapping process

  • Ready for Online Collaboration

    Enable your team to map collaboratively in one digital environment

About the toolkit

The System Mapping Toolkit helps you to make sense of complex situations. The guided process visualizes complexity and makes your challenges more approachable. The Toolkit is free and collaborative and it is designed for everyone who works with complex systems. The toolkit guides you through the most important steps of framing, mapping and reflecting on your complex challenge.

 

Digital, collaborative 
& easy to use

The toolkit is available on the Miro platform, which allows you to map collaboratively in an online environment. 

The toolkit guides you through the process and different exercises. Along the journey, the toolkit gives you helpful background information to learn about systems thinking, its approach, and unique language.

Used by System Thinkers across the globe

Downloaded and used by over 12.500 individuals in countless system change projects, the System Mapping Toolkit is one of the most popular toolkits when it comes to System Mapping.

 

The System Mapping Process 

Making sense of complexity is a tough and messy endeavor. We created a simplified process to help you with your challenge and guide you through the journey. The process builds on the well-established theory of Systems Thinking and our practical experience in leading Systemic Design Projects.

  • Set the stage of your systemic journey, define your goals & frame your context

  • Explore the essence of your issue, collect important variables & identify emerging clusters

  • Uncover the causal relationships between the variables & identify feedback loops

  • Create your system story to share it with others & get feedback on your map

  • Analyze your System Map to anticipate future scenarios & identify points of opportunity

 

Overview about the Toolkit

This video gives you an overview about the possibilities within the toolkit.

 

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