Strategic goals · Strategic themes · Component

The causal map

How the goals within and across themes are expected to reinforce one another — the claim made visible so it can be argued with.

The deliverable

What it is

The links are the strategy. A set of goals with no stated relationships is a list, and a list cannot be wrong in an interesting way.

Drawing them makes the claims available for challenge, which is the only way they get better.

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What it is made of

Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.

  1. The links

    Each expected causal relationship between goals.

    3 attributes: From · To · Mechanism

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  2. The strength

    How strongly each link is expected to hold.

    2 attributes: Expected strength · Lag

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  3. The isolates

    Goals with no links in or out.

    2 attributes: Goal · Reading

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Links across themes matter most. They are the ones nobody manages by default, and the ones that break silently.