ASSIGNMENT 01 · MECHANISM MAP

Draw the flywheel before you judge it.

Explain the system in five lines. You are not being asked whether it will work. You are being asked whether you can state how it is supposed to work.

The five-line map

  1. Input: what enters the system?
  2. Action: what do participants or the product do?
  3. Accumulation: what is supposed to become stronger, deeper, or more owned?
  4. Feedback: what signal tells participants the loop is working?
  5. Failure: what observation would make this explanation wrong?
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