Learn systems mapping together with a diverse group of people passionate about contributing to systems change. Deeply understand the system your complex challenge has emerged from by looking at and connecting multiple perspectives. Learn how to use systems maps to facilitate dialogue, find places to intervene and build a strong foundation to take action together.
Learn through a combination of self study, individual and group exercises and live discussion and feedback. This systems mapping course is designed for anyone with the ambition to contribute to systems change, no matter your background or where you work. To have enough space for individual questions and feedback, the course is limited to a maximum of 15 participants.
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Logistics
Early bird: 525€ (until 15. February, with code: SYSTEMMAPPING26)
Regular: 750€
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Live online session dates and time:
Thursdays at 15.30-18.00 CET
Session 1: 5. March
Session 2: 12. March
Session 3: 19. March
Session 4: 26. March
Session 5: 2. April
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You will get access to a recording after each session, so you can review the content or catch up if you had to miss one of the sessions. We will work with Miro during the sessions and for you to work on your own systems maps.
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Why learn systems mapping?
When dealing with complex systems, it can feel like we are stepping into unknown territory, without anyone there to welcome us. There is no pre-made map that can guide our journey. We need to explore the landscape ourselves.
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But we do not need to stumble aimlessly and we are not alone. There are questions that help us to know what and who to look for. The map is the place where we keep track of and connect our discoveries to each other. This also makes it easier to share with others what we have learned and add their perspectives to it.
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By combining perspectives, we can reveal new insights. Over time, building up our own map helps us to understand the lay of the land, how it changes throughout the seasons and what we can do to live well within it.
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How and what will you learn?
Throughout 5 live online sessions of 2.5 hours, we will go through the 4 main activities and the 10 questions that map systems. During the sessions, we will follow the journey of one example project and find out how the map has been built up over time, by asking and answering the 10 questions. Each session is split into segments, rotating between explaining a new concept with the help of examples, practicing to apply that concept in breakout group exercises and discussing the questions and insights that have come up.
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Between sessions, each participant will work with their own complex challenge to apply and practice what they have learned during the session and receive personal written feedback on their work. We will also bring these practice challenges into the live sessions to discuss and learn from each other.
The 10 questions are closely connected to each other. We will explore how the perspectives that the questions draw attention to connect and combine to reveal new insights. And we will discuss how to decide which of the questions to spend the most time on, depending on the specific complex challenge we are dealing with.
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Many of the questions come with their own way of visualising the answers. Like mapping stakeholders, drawing change over time graphs, identifying process steps and resource flows, visualising the nested layers of a system and showing how variables influence each other in causal loop diagrams. We will practice how and when to draw and interpret these different types of visualisations individually, and how and when to combine them into a multi layered systems map.
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What do you need to bring to the course?
In order to get the most out of this course, make sure you reserve some time each week to practice. Think about a complex challenge to practice with between sessions that closely relates to your work or ambitions, to make it as real and practical as possible and so that the time you invest in learning simultaneously brings you valuable insights relevant to your work. When you sign up for the course, you will receive more information about how to choose and define a complex challenge.
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Who is teaching this course?
This course is facilitated by Hannah Härtwich. For the past 6 years, Hannah has worked as a facilitator to support systems change initiatives. She uses systems mapping as her core method and combines it with other approaches such as Serious Play, story telling, Deep Democracy and others, depending on what the system needs. The course content is based on her practical experience applying systems mapping in a diverse range of projects.
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What happens after the course?
To continue supporting you after the course ends, a 60 minute individual coaching session is included with the course signup. You can use this at any stage of a systems mapping project that you are working on, within one year of finishing the course.
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The course is hosted through the Systems Innovation Network, which provides many opportunities to stay connected with your peers, continue your learning journey or even bring your practice project into reality in the form of a challenge lab.
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What have others said about this course?
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This is the 5. edition of this course, this is what participants have said about previous editions:
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