Maps
Strategy Maps Focus Attention in Open Systems and Strengthen Social Process
Maps serve as organizing guides for entrepreneurs, organizations or government leaders navigating unfamiliar social, economic and environmental situations. Maps help businesses easily communicate complex approaches to strategic thinking and provide starting points for new conversations to explore collaboration opportunities.
The Maps below are organized in the following categories:
Maps are powerful tools to visualize value in open systems and inform social process. The maps published below are of actual experiences building social networks, developing collaborative technologies, design process for social media knowledge curation, and observing shifts in emerging network economies.
(I have used many different drawing platforms over the years, but prefer Omnigraffle by Apple. Click on each map for a larger view and you are free to download the file. All materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. That means you can share but please remember to give proper attribution.)
Map titles are located at the base of each map. Please check my Blog for descriptive posts.
The Maps below are organized in the following categories:
- Concept -- a plan, or intention; a conception.
- Perspective -- the state of being, or process of becoming aware of something in such a way.
- Guide -- a book, document, or display providing information on a subject, or about a place.
- Instruction -- detailed information telling how something should be done, operated, or assembled.
- Strategy -- a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.
- Discipline -- activity or experience that provides mental or physical training.
- Process -- a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.
Maps are powerful tools to visualize value in open systems and inform social process. The maps published below are of actual experiences building social networks, developing collaborative technologies, design process for social media knowledge curation, and observing shifts in emerging network economies.
(I have used many different drawing platforms over the years, but prefer Omnigraffle by Apple. Click on each map for a larger view and you are free to download the file. All materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. That means you can share but please remember to give proper attribution.)
Map titles are located at the base of each map. Please check my Blog for descriptive posts.
ALBUM: CONCEPT
ALBUM: PERSPECTIVE
ALBUM: GUIDE
ALBUM: INSTRUCTION
ALBUM: STRATEGY
ALBUM: DISCIPLINE
ALBUM: PROCESS
"Betsey Merkel is a master in Open systems and Mapping of societal processes!" - Bert-Ola Bergstrand, PHD candidate at School of Business, Economics and Law University of Gothenburg Sweden and Chairman & Co-Founder SOCAP | Social Capital Forum Sweden
"Betsey is one of the most generous network builders I know in addition to being a brilliant visual thinker. These maps have power, especially if they are part of a story and a strategy." - Daniel F. Bassill, President/CEO, Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC in Chicago, Ill
"Betsey is one of the most generous network builders I know in addition to being a brilliant visual thinker. These maps have power, especially if they are part of a story and a strategy." - Daniel F. Bassill, President/CEO, Tutor/Mentor Institute, LLC in Chicago, Ill
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