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SYSTEMS-THINKING5 MIN READ

Move Up Meadows Ladder

Compare parameter, information-flow, rule, goal, and paradigm interventions for the same workplace problem.

Look for structure before blame. The customer-success VP has changed the renewal bonus three times in six months. Churn is still 14%, and every team now argues about compensation math. Teach Meadows leverage points help you ask how deeply an intervention changes the system. Low-leverage moves adjust parameters: targets, bonuses, thresholds, staffing levels, meeting length. They can matter, but they often leave the loop structure, information flow, rules, and goals untouched. Higher-leverage moves change who sees what information, what rules shape behavior, who can change the rules, what goal the system optimizes, or what mindset defines success. The ladder is…

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