Skip to main content

T H E M E T H O D

MetaDiagram™ is a practice of facilitated workshops based on the design thinking method, applied to the complex systems that shape companies, careers, and lives.

meta | prefix | ˈme-tə | above; beyond; the higher view
diagram | noun | ˈdī-ə-ˌgram | a drawing of how parts connect
metadiagram | noun | ˈme-tə-ˌdī-ə-ˌgram | the drawing that holds the whole system at once

Discover the Programs

WHAT IS METADIAGRAM™?

A Bird's-Eye View of Any System

MetaDiagram™ is a design thinking method that focuses on how the parts of a system interact and influence one another, rather than examining them in isolation. Drawn from architecture, that successfully uses metadiagram as a problem-solving tool for centuries, it replaces linear, reductionist analysis with a single drawing that reveals the interconnections, the feedback loops, and the patterns driving a system's behavior over time.

Horizontal timeline showing two lineages converging into METADIAGRAM™. Lineage I, the Ancestral Line, traces architectural drawing from 9,000 BCE to the present: Desert Kites, the Statue of Gudea, the Plan of the Tomb of Amenemhet II, Vitruvius's De Architectura, Richard of Saint Victor, the Renaissance, and modern architectural practice built on the Bauhaus and Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language. Lineage II, the Contemporary Line, traces systems thinking from the mid-20th century to today: Norbert Wiener's Cybernetics, Jay Forrester's System Dynamics at MIT, Ludwig von Bertalanffy's General System Theory, Donella Meadows's The Limits to Growth, Peter Senge's The Fifth Discipline, and Meadows's Thinking in Systems. Both lineages converge at NOW into the METADIAGRAM™ method.

WAYS TO ENGAGE

Stay curious. Explore the work. Find your way in.

NEWSLETTER

Occasional letters on the method and the practice. No frequency promised, no inbox crowding.

CULTURE INFUSION

A corporate engagement on values, hiring, and retention — designed and facilitated for each client.

INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS

Small-group sessions announced exclusively to the waitlist, or designed for private events.

Join the Waitlist →

METADIAGRAM™

Layer. Compare. Prioritize. Accelerate.