Places to intervene in a system, in increasing order of effectiveness (Meadows, 2010, 1997). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.433.t1
12 | Constants, parameters, numbers (such as subsidies, taxes, standards) |
11 | The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks, relative to their flows |
10 | The structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network, population age structures) |
9 | The lengths of delays, relative to the rate of system change |
8 | The strength of negative feedback loops, relative to the impacts they are trying to correct against |
7 | The gain around driving positive feedback loops |
6 | The structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) |
5 | The rules of the system (such as incentives, punishment, constraints) |
4 | The power to add, change, evolve, or self-organize system structure |
3 | The goals of the system |
2 | The mindset or paradigm out of which the system – its goals, structure, rules, delays, parameters – arises |
1 | The power to transcend paradigms |
12 | Constants, parameters, numbers (such as subsidies, taxes, standards) |
11 | The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks, relative to their flows |
10 | The structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network, population age structures) |
9 | The lengths of delays, relative to the rate of system change |
8 | The strength of negative feedback loops, relative to the impacts they are trying to correct against |
7 | The gain around driving positive feedback loops |
6 | The structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) |
5 | The rules of the system (such as incentives, punishment, constraints) |
4 | The power to add, change, evolve, or self-organize system structure |
3 | The goals of the system |
2 | The mindset or paradigm out of which the system – its goals, structure, rules, delays, parameters – arises |
1 | The power to transcend paradigms |