Application

The dynamic influence modelling process can be used for a wide variety of issues.  Here we show four examples:

• Risk modelling - for modelling one specific threat, a series of related threats or the greatest threats to the organisation, project or business unit.
• Goal modelling - for modelling a specific goal, the corporate mission or a series of related or key goals
• Issues modelling - for modelling the factors that relate to a specific issue or a set of related issues.
• Numeric modelling - This process can be used for any process to add values, for example relative importance or degrees of influence, and other data such as performance measures.

Our process

We can either act as a catalyst in the process or provide coaching and training for your own people to create them themselves.

In our experience the models are best created by small groups of people working together - this adds the benefit of multiple perspectives as well as achieving better buy-in to the models.

Risk modelling

Goal modelling

Numeric modelling

Issues modelling

To see examples, click on one of the tiles below

“Before today, I never used graphics for thinking.  Having gone through your process you’ve got me totally converted”

- the Vice-Chancellor of a UK university whose board used our process and guidance to model their greatest risks.

Notes on the models

• You will see that each of the models brings out the multiple influences of single actions or issues - how, in the numeric example for instance,  single management actions can  influence several threat components.  This richness of analysis can only be obtained with a graphic modelling process.
• Each model can be used as the top layer, showing the big picture, with more detail, sub-models, notes etc seen by hyperlinks from any of the nodes of the model
• The style of the model and the use of factors such as numeric content is set to reflect the culture and preferences of the organisation involved.