Snappy Systems
Snappy Systems
Snappy systems is a simple and easy tool to apply within a group setting to explore diverse perspectives on a systems purpose. It is a rapid - hence "snappy" - approach to generate a list of different ways of seeing something, and in doing so helps to identify and reconsider assumptions about the system. It is a light handed activity and therefore best used as an introduction activity to surface some initial information which can be later further interrogated.
*Note: This tool is drawn from the processes outlined by Rosalind Armson in her book ‘Growing Wings on the Way’.
Accessibility:
This activity requires participants to engage is social learning
Output: The output from the process produces a butchers paper of text which can then be captured digitally through any word processing software.
This is a Tool: a very small, contained, activity, which only has 1-2 steps. You'll apply this exactly the same way each time you use it.
Investment: low cost, low resources, low skill, low time
Outcomes
- Identify multiple perspectives about a system
- Consider negative consequences of the identified system
When and Why Do I Use This
Define Situation - snappy systems tool can help you to generate some initial understandings about your systems of interest
Perspectives - Too often we see and experience a systems from our own perspective, unless prompted to otherwise. This activity does just that, and may lend itself to clarifying other system actors who should be invited into your inquiry process.