Practice: SODA: build a means-ends map without erasing disagreement

Summary

Turn supplied statements into contrasting constructs and a traceable means-ends map. A basic cognitive-mapping rehearsal. It is not a full negotiated SODA intervention and does not turn participants' causal beliefs into established facts.

Implications for practice

A concrete rehearsal with a fictional case, explicit outputs and a way to inspect the result.

Key distinctions

• Mechanical correctness is distinct from judgement in an open situation.
• Training-case application is distinct from competent organisational practice.

Historical development

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Further developments

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Connections to practice

• Construct four short concepts with meaningful contrasts.
• Connect means to ends and retain the tension.
• Find a candidate option that connects the concerns.

Common confusions

• A worked comparison is not the only acceptable answer to an open question.

Further checks

• A basic cognitive-mapping rehearsal. It is not a full negotiated SODA intervention and does not turn participants' causal beliefs into established facts.
• Compare an independent attempt before revealing the worked answer.

Recorded connections

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• Systemic systems methods practice for systems practice (alpha) includes practice resource Practice: SODA: build a means-ends map without erasing disagreement

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  Locator: Named exercise and its scope statement

  • Systemic systems methods practice for systems practice (alpha) (original material and source boundary recorded)

• Practice: SODA: build a means-ends map without erasing disagreement provides a practice route for Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA)

  Status: candidate · Relation: provides practice for

  A basic cognitive-mapping rehearsal. It is not a full negotiated SODA intervention and does not turn participants' causal beliefs into established facts.

  Locator: Named exercise and its scope statement

  • SODA: build a means-ends map without erasing disagreement (original material and source boundary recorded)

Sources and passage locators

• SODA: build a means-ends map without erasing disagreement (original material and source boundary recorded)
• Ackermann and Eden: Strategic options development and analysis, accepted manuscript (specific access and content limit recorded)
• SCiO Professional Development (checked)
• Systemic systems methods practice for systems practice (alpha) (original material and source boundary recorded)

Cite this entry

Taylor, B. P. (2026). Practice: SODA: build a means-ends map without erasing disagreement. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/practice_lab_soda/

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