Virtual Tools for Systems Thinking - Presentation

Summary

Kate Dori, a science teacher at UNIS Hanoi, shares insights from a virtual session of the Vietnam Tech Conference, where systems thinking and virtual tools were discussed. She introduces tools like Jamboard for systems mapping, discusses concepts such as causal relationships, interconnectedness, and various systems mapping techniques, including cluster maps, circle maps, and causal loop diagrams. Kate emphasizes the importance of understanding systems and encourages educators to integrate systems thinking into their practice, offering resources like the Water Center and Kumu for deeper learning. The talk is filled with practical strategies, games, and challenges to inspire systems thinking.

Takeaways

• 🌐 Kate Dori introduced herself as a science teacher at UNIS Hanoi and mentioned hosting the Vietnam Tech Conference, which focused on distance learning and virtual tools.
• 🔗 She shared virtual tools for systems thinking and encouraged the audience to explore and apply them in their practices.
• 📊 Kate demonstrated using 'Map the Coffee' as an introductory exercise to systems mapping, highlighting the use of Jamboard for this purpose.
• 🌱 She emphasized the importance of perspective in systems thinking, drawing from Tom Wujek's TED talk on the subject.
• 💡 Kate discussed the concept of systems and systems thinking, referencing Donella Meadows for a definition and highlighting the interconnectedness of systems.
• 🔗 She introduced resources from the Water Center (formerly the Waters Foundation) for training and tools to develop habits of a systems thinker.
• 🔄 Kate explained the intuitive understanding of interconnectedness in systems thinking and the suspension of blame, leading to a focus on analyzing connections.
• 📈 She explored different types of systems maps, including cluster maps, spaghetti diagrams, and causal loop diagrams, each serving different analytical purposes.
• 🎮 Kate introduced systems games that can be played virtually, like the Triangles Game and Living Loops, to understand systems dynamics and feedback loops.
• 🌟 She concluded with a call to action for the audience to practice systems mapping at any level and provided resources for further learning and exploration.

Q & A

What was the primary focus of the Vietnam Tech Conference hosted by UNIS Hanoi?

The Vietnam Tech Conference was a virtual event that focused on sharing practices related to distance learning, virtual tools, and technology. It had around 1,000 participants and featured 40 workshop leaders.

What tool did Kate Dori recommend for systems mapping, and why?

Kate recommended using Jamboard for systems mapping. It's a simple yet effective virtual tool that allows users to create interconnected nodes with post-it notes, images, and drawings. It helps in visualizing relationships and making adjustments as thinking evolves.

What is the significance of mapping a process like 'mapping coffee' in systems thinking?

Mapping a process like 'mapping coffee' helps participants break down a familiar process into interconnected nodes, making it easier to understand causal relationships and loops within a system. It’s an accessible introduction to systems thinking, allowing participants to visualize the complex nature of systems.

What key insight does the exercise of mapping coffee or drawing toast provide in systems thinking?

The exercise provides insight into participants' perspectives, highlighting technical, human, societal, or supply chain-related focuses. It showcases the diversity in thinking and how different individuals approach system mapping.

Who is Donella Meadows, and why was she mentioned in the presentation?

Donella Meadows was a renowned environmental scientist and systems thinker. She was mentioned because of her influential work in defining systems and emphasizing that systems are an inherent part of the natural world, from the tiniest to the most complex structures.

What is the difference between tools and habits in systems thinking, according to Kate Dori?

Kate Dori emphasized that systems thinking involves 'habits of mind,' rather than just tools. These habits include shifting from disconnection to interconnection, recognizing relationships and circularity, and synthesizing different perspectives, which are essential for effective systems thinking.

What role does the Water Center's 'habits of the systems thinker' cards play in systems education?

The 'habits of the systems thinker' cards from the Water Center (formerly Waters Foundation) are useful for educators and students to identify and practice different systems thinking habits. They provide a structured way to approach and reflect on systems thinking skills.

Why is understanding unintended consequences important in systems thinking?

Understanding unintended consequences is important because systems often push back against external forces. Easy solutions can lead to negative impacts that manifest elsewhere in the system or over time. Systems thinkers need to anticipate these consequences to avoid exacerbating problems.

What is a cluster map, and when should it be used?

A cluster map is a visual tool used to map out nodes and connections around a broad or complex topic. It is especially useful for exploring big questions when the starting point is unclear. The map grows large and messy before insights and relationships become clear.

How do causal loop diagrams help in understanding system behavior?

Causal loop diagrams help visualize the cause-and-effect relationships within a system. They reveal how behaviors loop back on themselves, either reinforcing or balancing the system. This helps systems thinkers identify dynamic equilibria, limits to growth, and areas of intervention.

What are the key differences between cluster maps, circle maps, and causal loop diagrams in systems mapping?

Cluster maps are broad and messy tools for mapping complex topics; circle maps (or webs) focus on identifying relationships between defined elements, such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); causal loop diagrams specifically show feedback loops, whether reinforcing or balancing, between system components.

How does the 'triangles game' demonstrate systems thinking concepts?

The 'triangles game' demonstrates interconnectedness within a system by having participants form triangles by selecting two others in a group. As they try to maintain their triangle, the system self-organizes and shows how individual actions affect the system as a whole. It illustrates feedback loops and dynamic complexity.

What is the challenge that Kate Dori sets for the audience at the end of the presentation?

Kate challenges the audience to practice systems mapping regularly, whether using simple tools like Jamboard or more advanced platforms like Kumu. She encourages participants to map everything, embrace complexity, and develop a systems mindset through continuous practice.

Outlines

00:00

📚 Introduction to Vietnam Tech Conference and Systems Thinking Tools

Kate Dori, a science teacher from UNIS Hanoi, introduces herself and describes the recent Vietnam Tech Conference, which was held virtually. The conference had around 1,000 participants and 40 workshop leaders sharing practices for distance learning and virtual tools. Kate's focus was on virtual tools for systems thinking, and she begins by explaining an activity where participants mapped the process of making coffee to introduce systems mapping. The tool used for this exercise was Jamboard, which is highlighted as an accessible and flexible tool for mapping interconnected nodes and processes.

05:00

🔄 Systems Thinking and Tools for Practice

Kate describes the significance of systems thinking by referencing Tom Wujek’s 'Draw Toast' exercise, which explores the diversity of perspectives participants bring when mapping processes. She notes that systems mapping is a great way to visualize causal relationships and behavioral feedback loops. The process brings clarity, and she emphasizes how understanding these connections leads to deeper insights. A quote from Donella Meadows reinforces the idea that systems are present everywhere in nature.

10:01

🧠 Shifting from Silos to Systems Thinking Habits

The focus shifts to the habits and tools of systems thinkers, emphasizing how systems thinking involves shifting mindsets from disconnected silos to interconnected, circular perspectives. Kate mentions resources from the Waters Foundation and discusses the importance of adopting habits of a systems thinker in education. She stresses the need for students to practice all the habits to develop a robust understanding of systems thinking and highlights the resources and training offered by the Water Center.

15:01

🌐 Understanding Interconnectedness and Wicked Problems

Building on the idea that everything is interconnected, Kate explains how systems thinkers avoid assigning blame and instead focus on analyzing connections. She discusses the concept of 'wicked problems,' where simple solutions often lead to unintended consequences. She introduces systems mapping tools, such as cluster maps and spaghetti diagrams, as effective ways to tackle complex questions and visualize large-scale issues, referencing Eric Pirlo’s TED talk as a notable example.

20:05

🌍 Framing Tools, Webbing, and Visualizing Relationships

Kate continues by explaining different types of systems maps, such as framing tools, cluster maps, and webbing diagrams, which are useful for visualizing relationships between components of a system. Using the sustainability compass and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as examples, she demonstrates how webbing can highlight connections between different parts of a system and how this process can lead to clearer insights and potential points of intervention.

🔁 Causal Loop Diagrams for Deeper Analysis

Causal loop diagrams (CLDs) are introduced as a method to understand cause-and-effect relationships in systems. Kate explains how loops can be either reinforcing or balancing, which impacts how systems evolve over time. She presents an example from a first-grade classroom, where students used CLDs to solve playground issues. The diagrams revealed important dynamics within systems and highlighted the potential for early education in systems thinking. Kate encourages deeper exploration using tools like Kumu for more advanced mapping.

🎮 Systems Thinking Games for Engagement

Kate discusses two systems thinking games: the 'Triangles Game' and 'Living Loops.' Both games, designed for different levels of understanding, help students visualize systems and learn about feedback loops, cause-and-effect, and interconnectedness. The games can be adapted for virtual environments using Jamboard, with specific gameplay strategies. The games emphasize hands-on learning and allow students to explore complex system behaviors in an engaging way.

🎯 Challenge: Practice Systems Mapping

Kate presents a challenge to the audience: to practice systems mapping at any level. Whether using simple tools like Jamboard or more complex tools like Kumu, she encourages participants to practice mapping in various contexts. She emphasizes the importance of developing a 'systems mindset' through consistent practice and suggests numerous videos and resources to help participants refine their skills.

🔗 Resources for Systems Thinking

Kate concludes by listing a variety of resources for further exploration in systems thinking. These include Compass Education, the Water Center, Kumu, the SDG Academy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and several others. She invites participants to reach out with questions or share their own systems thinking practices and insights.

Keywords

💡Systems Thinking

Systems thinking is a framework for understanding complex problems by analyzing the relationships between different components. In the video, it is highlighted as a method to observe interconnectedness, cause and effect, and unintended consequences in systems. The speaker emphasizes the importance of recognizing patterns, loops, and feedback within a system, such as in the coffee mapping exercise.

💡Jamboard

Jamboard is an online collaboration tool used for systems mapping in the video. It allows users to create and manipulate visual representations of systems by adding post-it notes, images, and drawing arrows between nodes. The speaker mentions how it was used to create coffee systems maps, enabling participants to easily shift ideas as their understanding evolved.

💡Causal Loop Diagrams

Causal loop diagrams are visual tools used to map out cause-and-effect relationships within systems. They help identify reinforcing and balancing loops that impact system behavior. The speaker uses an example from elementary school students who applied a causal loop diagram to understand playground conflicts and develop solutions, showcasing how these diagrams can reveal patterns of behavior.

💡Cluster Maps

Cluster maps are used to visualize large, complex systems by identifying key nodes and their relationships. These maps begin messy but are essential in revealing non-obvious connections and insights. The speaker explains how they can be collaborative, allowing diverse perspectives to add complexity before focusing on key interconnections, such as in the example of mapping global issues.

💡Sustainability Compass

The Sustainability Compass is a tool used to frame and divide systems into different perspectives, ensuring all relevant aspects are considered. In the video, it's mentioned as a framing tool for understanding sustainable development goals (SDGs), where participants use it to break down complex topics into more manageable areas for analysis, like mapping relationships between SDGs.

💡Donella Meadows

Donella Meadows is a prominent figure in systems thinking, known for her work on understanding and defining systems. The speaker references Meadows’ quote to emphasize that systems shape everything in the universe, from the smallest elements to the largest. Meadows’ work is highlighted to explain the fundamental concept of interconnectedness in systems thinking.

💡Habits of a Systems Thinker

These are mental habits that guide individuals in thinking in a systems-oriented way. The video mentions shifting from disconnection to interconnection and from silos to emergence. The speaker references a visual from Layla and tools like the Systems Thinker cards, which help learners develop these habits by focusing on relationships, circularity, and synthesis in complex systems.

💡Feedback Loops

Feedback loops are mechanisms in systems where outputs of a system influence its inputs, creating reinforcing or balancing effects. The speaker introduces the concept of feedback loops through a game called 'Living Loops' and discusses how reinforcing loops can lead to growth or collapse, while balancing loops promote sustainability, tying this into broader systems mapping exercises.

💡Wicked Problems

Wicked problems are complex issues that are difficult to solve because they are interconnected with other problems and lack clear solutions. In the video, the speaker refers to these as challenges with no easy answers, highlighting that simple solutions often lead to unintended negative consequences. Wicked problems require deep systems analysis to understand the root causes and relationships.

💡Kumu

Kumu is a digital tool for creating advanced systems maps that visualize complex interconnections in a dynamic way. The speaker encourages participants to use Kumu for deeper, more technical mapping once they are comfortable with simpler tools like Jamboard. Kumu offers more robust features for visualizing nodes and relationships, and it was used to create a systems map of 'The Lorax.'

Highlights

Hosted the Vietnam Tech Conference with over a thousand participants and around 40 workshop leaders.

Presented virtual tools for systems thinking during the conference, aiming to apply these tools in practice.

Introduced Jamboard as an effective tool for systems mapping, highlighting its ease of use and flexibility.

Demonstrated how interconnected nodes in systems mapping help in understanding causal relationships.

Explained the 'Draw Toast' or 'Map Coffee' activity as a practical way to introduce systems mapping.

Referenced Tom Wujek’s TED talk, emphasizing the importance of perspective in systems mapping.

Discussed the concept of 'habits of a systems thinker,' focusing on shifting from disconnection to interconnection.

Highlighted the Waters Center's 'habits of a systems thinker' cards as useful teaching resources.

Explained that systems thinking encourages suspending blame and helps in analyzing connections effectively.

Outlined the importance of recognizing that cause and effect in systems are not always related in time and space.

Shared examples of different types of systems maps, including cluster maps, spaghetti diagrams, and web diagrams.

Mentioned the value of making systems maps collaborative to gather diverse perspectives.

Introduced causal loop diagrams as a tool to understand cause-and-effect relationships within systems.

Encouraged educators to use tools like Kumu to create detailed systems maps and explore dynamic interconnections.

Issued a challenge to practice mapping everywhere and frequently, using tools like Jamboard and Kumu.

Transcripts

hello compass practitioner community my

name is Kate Dori I'm a science teacher

at unis Hanoi and at unis last weekend

we hosted the Vietnam tech conference it

was a virtual conference and had about a

thousand participants and 40 I think

about 40 workshop leaders where

everybody was sharing practice for

distance learning and for virtual tools

and all things tech I was there and I

shared a few virtual tools for systems

thinking I wanted to share that with you

here hopefully there's a few that you

can grab and you can put into practice

right away and perhaps there's a few

that inspire you to dig a bit deeper and

do some more practice with systems

thinking so let's get started

we started off ours by asking everyone

to map the coffee so if you were in the

level 1 training you're probably

familiar with this because you probably

did it as draw toast or draw tortillas

or something like that this is the Thom

Wujek practice where we take a process

that we're really familiar with and we

break it down in terms of interconnected

notes this is actually a wonderful way

to start systems mapping because we can

see how absolutely easy it is so this is

the little taster that I gave and you

can see that we did it on jam board so

this is one virtual tool that is

incredible for systems mapping it is

super easy you can download it or you

can just grab somebody else's link which

I'll show you my link here if you want

to play on ours and you can put up

little post-it notes little images you

can draw so you can draw your own arrows

you can shift them around as you change

your thinking it's wonderful I really

encourage you to play around with it so

here is mine I did mine as everybody

else was doing theirs and you can see

that mine was came from a very emotional

place apparently my need from for coffee

is connected to a feeling of being tired

emotional board or groggy and then I go

into the whole process of it these are

examples from a few of our participants

that were in the workshop and you can

see immediately that this process is

super clear once we turn it into

interconnected nodes with those links

then we can understand the causal

relationships we can see where where the

behavior loops back on itself and we can

also get a really good perspective of

where everybody is coming from which is

great to see this much diversity and

that's a lot of what Tom Wujek talked

about so some things from the Tom reject

TED talk is the idea of perspective when

we do the draw toast or map coffee we

can immediately see people's perspective

and some people are very technical about

it other people really focus on the

human experience or the experience of

process of the toaster of the coffee

beans themselves and so we have others

that really focus on Society in that

supply chain Tom Wujek also talked about

how this is such a great tool just for

highlighting systems and all of the

parts of systems models it's really not

that complex and it's a fun way to get

started and that last piece is the idea

of insight the number of nodes that we

need to really reach clarity and he

established that sweet spot which

actually most people from the workshop

already hit after we played around with

systems a bit and realized that hey we

are systems mappers we want to define

what a system is and what better way to

define systems then go to Donella

Meadows herself there's a Donella

Meadows quote here and I think what's so

beautiful about this is it really really

highlights that systems are all around

us they build the world in the universe

and the teeny and the huge and the vast

and it's just a part of nature

then we went into after we figured out

what a system is well if we're going to

be using tools for systems thinking we

should probably know what systems

thinking actually is so here's a visual

that I pulled from Layla a she has

beautiful resources and beautiful

visuals I put the link right down there

so you can grab it and you can see it

and I changed her word a little bit

where she said tools of a systems

thinker where I said habits because I

really really wanted people to

understand that their habits of the

minds and ideas shifting from

disconnection to interconnection the

idea of silos to emergence circularity

wholeness relationships and synthesis

which then brings us beautifully to some

of these resources from the water center

which some of you may know them as the

waters foundation they recently changed

their name but we do know that these

incredible habits of the systems thinker

cards they are beautiful and they've

actually been realist rated and we can

we can get their virtual version or we

can pay for the card version as well and

these are especially wonderful because

we can look at them and really consider

are there any that we don't want our

students to be practicing and I think

the immediate answer is no we want it

all we want all of those habits so then

there's some there's some great

resources with the Water Center just on

training and on tools for each of the

habits of a systems thinker which is a

really really robust resource to be able

to use so then we talked about once once

we understand what systems are and what

systems thinking is then we can surface

out some things that we as systems

thinker intuitively understand one of

those of course is that everything is

interconnected and because it's all

interconnected then we have an immediate

suspension of assigning blame which puts

us in a wonderful place to start really

analyzing and look at connections also

as a systems thinker we'll understand

that the harder that we push a system

especially if it's a resilient system

the hard

it's going to push back and whose idea

of unintended consequences we're easy

solutions can lead to negative impacts

that are often unintended and can also

often pop up somewhere else that's

unexpected which then brings us to the

idea that cause and effect in systems

are really not that too closely related

in time and space the easy way out often

leads to the way back in which is why a

lot of these big issues or big questions

are called wicked problems or wicked

questions so then we started looking at

systems maps so we tried out some

systems mapping we used a pretty good

online tool that's simple and pretty

valuable but what are the different

kinds of maps so what are we actually

going to be visualizing so one of them

is a framing tool which the

sustainability compass is a wonderful

example of the idea of really dividing

things out to make sure that we get all

perspectives and then going straight

into cluster Maps or spaghetti diagrams

if we've got a big idea or a big

question and we're not sure where to

start then we can just start putting

down each of the nodes writing on all

the connections and keep on adding and

adding and adding and adding until some

clarity is reached these are the ones

that get really big before they get

small or if we get really nerdy and

technical we can start looking at causal

loop diagrams or if we really understand

our notes we understand their values

then we really just want to dig into the

relationships between them then we can

look at webbing or connected circles so

we went in first to an example with a

cluster map and this Eric Pirlo TED talk

which some of you might be familiar with

because we have in the level 1 training

is a wonderful example where he looked

at a huge issue and mapped it all out

with what he called his spaghetti

diagram to come to a few places where we

could intervene in the system and then

there's some points here about what is a

cluster map and some some things to make

sure to remember if we're going to

create a cluster map one is this is idea

this is great for a big topic or they

question that we're not really sure

where we want to go with it we're not

really sure what we know or what we need

to find out that making it collaborative

is extremely important because we want

that diversity in perspectives and that

it's going to get big really big him

really complex and really messy before

we are start before we're able to start

pulling out some of those non-obvious

relationships or the key areas of

interconnection in sites or even places

to intervene and within the system so

this is one where we really need to

remember to embrace that complexity and

as Eric Barlow says complexity is a

beautiful thing but it is not the same

as complicated the next time we the next

we move on to circle Maps or webs and

this is again a wonderful example of

using the sustainability compass and

mapping out the SDGs we know what the

SDGs are we can define them pretty well

but we want to know the relationships

between them so we would want to use a

web or a circle map and here's a visual

that we use often it is lovely and it

really shows out first a framing tool so

how we can understand something frame it

within a few different points make sure

that we've covered some different

perspectives and then from there then we

start looking at the relationships and

we have our web and with the SDGs then

we have 17 number 17 partnership for the

goals right in the middle and then we

move on to the nerdy one which is one of

my favorites and it's causal loop

diagram II causal means cause and

effects the loop means it does close in

on itself so a chain of relationships

and then diagram is just a visualization

and from here we can go super simple you

know we can draw something on the sand

or virtually we can use jam board or we

can go super technical and use something

like Kumu or even above that so here's

an example of a

really nicely laid out causal loop

diagram and this is from the water

center this is actually an old resource

so the website is water's foundation

still and if you are familiar this

you'll probably notice it's from the

first grade students who had an issue on

the playground with mean words and hurt

feelings and they analyzed their

situation and actually came up with a

few ideas for intervention and they said

that they tried a few from there the

idea that causal loop diagrams have four

pieces to them links and nodes which we

already know but then we also have some

signs to show how the nodes are

interconnected with that same and

opposite and then the sign for the whole

loop so is this balancing or is this

reinforcing if it's reinforcing then

we're gonna have an increased behavior

going up up up down down down in one

direction until we've reached the limits

to growth or we've we've gone past that

dynamic equilibrium and we could

possibly collapse the system where if we

have a balancing or a balancing loop

then it's more likely to be sustainable

so that information is really really

important especially when we have many

loops connected to each other we watched

this video with the first grader solving

a problem which again I think points out

the the value of this in any kind of

context and the idea that you're never

too young to be a systems thinker it's

never too hard we can we can be a

systems thinker at any level in any

context that we see and actually once we

see the world in systems and we can

never really unsee it that way then we

talked about how systems mapping this

idea of looking at causality and

relationships really does surface out

mental models and values and norms and I

used two examples here one is a map on

the story the lorax that I made on Kumu

and the other one's from real-life city

planning so we can see between the two

where

actually we can service out some of

those values that drive these systems

that then drive the behaviors and we've

looked at

Kumu which is the next step up if you if

you feel comfortable and confident using

jam board then I really encourage you to

jump onto Kumu it's one of my favorite

there of course a few other ones but

here is one and we showed how you can

actually move the nodes around you can

add nodes we can move the way that these

arrows show and even the information

here of the relationship between the two

we can layer it out we can change colors

we can show individual loops there's a

lot that we can do with this tool and if

you're interested you can message

compass ed and we can do a little

workshop but also Kumu has some online

training as well so you can jump on

there and watch their online training

and then just practice with it here's

another beautiful visual from Leila a

and it kind of closes out this idea that

actions lead to results would shape the

future which is really the understanding

of causality and then I introduced to

systems games which again uses Jam board

and I'm so happy that I've discovered

jam board because it's turned out to be

an incredible tool for systems thinking

this first one is the triangles game

which you've probably played in level

one and maybe even in level two it's

such a great game and you can go into

such great depth with depth with it that

we often play it in both level one and

level two in level one it's to

understand systems and to navigate them

a little bit and in level two we look at

it for places for intervention and how

to analyze them a little bit deeper so

since this is virtual and not in person

then we need to be very specific here

when we play this in person then we just

make a circle and ask everybody to

choose two people secretly and when we

say go then they form an equilateral

triangle and we see the whole system

moving

as everybody's trying to keep their

triangle not knowing who everybody else

is connected to and then we can start

gaining some insight from there

virtually we don't want to do that

because it would be just pure chaos so

we found this wonderful TED talk we use

it in class a lot and it's the story of

dead stuff and it shows us not only the

green food web but also the brown food

web and it identifies a few organisms

that are at play here so I grab some of

those organisms and put them around a

circle in the jam board and the idea is

that each student will grab one organism

and they're gonna find one organism that

they that they consume and another one

that consumes them so we're essentially

making a food chain that will make a

food web and then we play the triangles

game from there if you want to grab this

for your own use you can use this link

here or if you want to see a video of

game play then click here and this video

of game play actually has some really

really great tips for example things

like when you're using jam board it

doesn't animate movements until you've

lifted your hand off the trackpad or off

the mouse so we had to get into a rhythm

of move lift move lift to move lift to

be able to visualize it and also once

you click on something we can see your

little head so that makes it good for

picking which organism you want to have

calling out yours and even shifting some

around making some decisions if you

don't have people to take each one of

them we can throw them out we also

played a whole bunch of different ways

looking for causal relationships through

time so we're looking at delays we are

looking at leverage points we even went

into degrees of separation so you can

see some things that we played with and

I bet that you could even dig deeper if

you do share it with me because I'd be

happy to throw this back to some of the

kids that we did the trial and

development with the other game is all

about feedback loops so just how we

talked about reinforcing them Bella

in feedback loops and level 2 we play

the game that's called living loops

where we all stand in a circle and have

a ball or have our hand over somebody's

hand like this and we mark ourselves

with same or opposite and we respond to

the information coming through either as

same or opposite and we move our hands

up or down until sometimes up until we

reach our limits of growth until we

reach that boundary and then we collapse

or for balance we can keep on moving our

hands up and down as information moves

throughout the loop this is the same

idea although we can't hold hands

virtually so I gave each node a few

bolts and we actually decide if we're

going to take a ball a give a ball and

the rule is we need to have at least one

ball on each node and in that center box

we again have gameplay here and some

pretty deep discussion with some grade

six students as they talked through

stress and some applications and how

this game could be used all day all the

way from kindergarten up to high school

we also try out a few ways not to play

at things that don't work and some

strategies as well so with all of that

obviously there are some things that you

can just grab and take and use right

away but I also wanted to invite you

with the invite you to try a challenge

and that challenge is to practice

mapping practice it at any level if you

want to use jam board for just some

simple sketching some simple matching

mapping that way do it if you want to

use Kumu and get really nerdy about all

of those connections do it I put some

points here of map everywhere map

everything and celebrate your systems

mindset really the only way to become a

great systems mapper is to practice

practice practice practice on every

napkin you have on every screen now that

you have jam board you can have it open

to do on the side as well and I gave you

a whole bunch of really interesting

videos here that you can watch and

practice on your own so if you're at

home and you're just wanting to see

something interesting then practice

mapping

there's heaps I also wanted to leave you

with a whole bunch of systems thinking

resources of course compass education is

right up there the water center kuhmo

SDG Academy Ellen MacArthur Foundation

disrupt design systems thinker and

systems thinking design pack are all

wonderful tools that are either already

have virtual tools and virtual trainings

or they are very easy to turn into

something virtual so that's it I hope

you enjoy and let us know if you have

any questions or you have come up with

some great practices that you want to

share or just any insight thank you very

much

see you guys