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Model this → canvas
Lens
✕
Asking through
✕ all five lenses
Examine through eight dimensions
C
Components
What are the parts? Identify the agents, subsystems, and entities that make up this system.
N
Network
How are the parts connected? Internal relationships, dependencies, and communication channels.
E
Environment
What surrounds the system? External entities, conditions, and constraints it cannot control.
G
Flows
What crosses the boundary? Trace imports and exports of energy, material, and information.
B
Boundary
Where does the system end? What is inside vs. outside, and the interfaces between them.
T
Transforms
What processes occur? Functions that convert inputs to outputs — the system's work.
H
History
What does the system remember? Accumulated state, learned behaviors, path dependence.
Dt
Time Scale
At what pace? Time scales that matter — milliseconds, seasons, generations, epochs.
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