A thinking aid, not a thinking replacement

Inspired by Joerg Volkmann’s comment about the similarities between Net-Map and Vester’s Sensitivity Model, I had a look around, started reading about it and was impressed. Vester’s approach is more about how different issues lead to to each other in a complex system (and not so much actor links, power and goals) but I will definitely have a look into the ways that both can complement each other. And I really love the statement that I have taken as a heading for this post, an answer to the question what tools like this can and cannot do.

https://netmap.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/a-thinking-aid-not-a-thinking-replacement/