10. Collaborative Management Model

1. If you ask the right questions at the right times you will always get the right answer first time round with no need for iterative action learning.

2. The Systemic Stairway™ is geared toward helping people to analyse and debug complicated situations.

3. The action learning model at the heart of the Systemic Stairway™ methodology is powerful for managers in two respects: it emphasises execution and the need for a shared boundary question in order to ensure collaborative learning.

4. If you are unable to achieve a mindshift you will probably be disappointed and underwhelmed by your decisions.

5. It is very important to stick rigidly to the tools as represented in the Systemic Stairway™ model without variation.

6. It is very important to ask all 7 questions represented in the Systemic Stairway™ model even if you are working by yourself and for yourself.

7. A group of 20 people will be able to complete an interrelationship digraph in about 30 minutes.

8. If you understand the principles underlying the 7 questions in the Systemic Stairway™ model, you will be in a good position to decide how to use what particular tools in what particular circumstances.