A visual technique for diagramming the steps, decision points, and handoffs in a process, revealing bottlenecks and unnecessary complexity.
Sequential versus parallel steps
Map Parallel Steps in Your Weekly Workflow Using Trello
Workflow checkpoints
Map Workflow Checkpoints in Notion
Workflow composition
Map Workflow Composition Boundaries in Notion
The information pipeline
Map Your Email Processing Pipeline in Notion
Output distribution
Build a Distribution Map in Notion for Your Latest Output
Your output system is your production engine
Map Your Personal Output System in Notion
Review your systems not just your actions
Map Your Outcome-Producing Systems in Notion
The tool stack
Map Your Tool Integration Flows in Obsidian
Tool migration strategy
Map Your Note Migration Plan in Notion
Tool interoperability
Map Your Tool Stack Connections in Notion
Your tool stack is your cognitive infrastructure
Map Your Tool Stack Architecture in Notion
Process bottlenecks
Map and Eliminate Process Waste in Notion
Bottleneck prevention
Map Your Workflow Bottleneck with Time Buffers in Notion
Integration across operational systems
Map Your System Integration Gaps in Notion
Operations support creativity
Map Operational Interruptions Using Trello to Free Creative Time
Operational elegance
Map and Simplify Your Daily Email Workflow in Notion
Operations are infrastructure not busywork
Map Your Operations as Critical Infrastructure in Notion
Shared mental models enable coordination
Map Team Process Mental Models in Miro
Meeting design as cognitive architecture
Audit and Redesign a Recurring Meeting in Notion
Information flow within teams
Map Critical Information Flow Reliability in Miro
Process is an organizational schema
Map Process Assumptions in Miro to Identify Organizational Fossils
Onboarding transmits culture
Map Your Onboarding Process Hour-by-Hour in Miro
Culture change starts with behavior change
Design a Behavior-First Culture Mechanism in Notion
Structural change versus behavioral change
Map a Structural Intervention to Replace Behavioral Training
Information flow design
Map Decision Information Flows in Miro
Process redesign
Map a Work Process and Calculate Efficiency in Miro
Organizations can become self-directing
Map Decision Flows and Calculate Self-Direction Opportunity in Notion
Distributed decision-making
Map Decision Flows and Identify Distribution Opportunities in Miro
Adaptive governance
Design and Pilot a Governance Alternative in Notion
Continuous organizational learning
Map Recurring Problems to Build Organizational Learning Systems in Notion