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Systems Thinking · book page 256
Adaptive Strategy & the Infinite Game Mindset
A strategy approach for playing the long game in uncertain environments.
When to use it
When plans age quickly and resilience matters more than winning the next round.
How to start
- Define your just cause.
- Plan in options and learning loops.
- Review and adapt the strategy continuously.
The book explains the tool step by step, with examples from the case study The Living Soil Mandate.
More Systems Thinking templates
Systems Thinking · p. 248Leverage Points AnalysisAn analysis of where a small intervention creates the biggest change in a system.Systems Thinking · p. 250Multi-Stakeholder Value Network MappingA map of how value, data and money flow between actors in an ecosystem.Systems Thinking · p. 252The Win-Win-Win Business Ecosystem CanvasA canvas to design business ecosystems in which the organisation, society and the planet win.
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