Systems Cartography

Systems Cartography: the art & science of navigating strategic landscapes Organizations today face increasing levels of change and uncertainty. It's widely acknowledged that there is a need to develop agility and responsiveness, to become integrated, inclusive, mindful and intentional. Systems Cartography, using well-tested tools, provides strategies for accomplishing this, customized to the particular challenges an organization faces. Senge (2006) argues that today’s complexity and rate of change require organizations to move to flatter, more flexible and more agile structures. He emphasizes that “teams, not individuals, are the fundamental learning unit in modern organizations. …Unless teams can learn, the organization cannot learn.” – Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization “For a team to discover gaps in its plan and make changes accordingly, team members must test assumptions and discuss differences of opinion openly rather than privately or outside the group.” – Amy Edmondson, Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams