What this is
Systems Strategy Impact is a collection of practical frameworks for understanding systems, designing strategies, and measuring impact. The work bridges the gap between systems thinking and rigorous evaluation -connecting how systems are mapped to how change is measured.
Most approaches treat strategy design and evaluation as separate activities. The frameworks here start from a different premise: the same understanding of a system that guides what you do should also guide how you measure whether it worked.
The frameworks
Three core frameworks form the foundation:
Systems Mapping
Actions & Actors: how to map a system in terms of who does what, and how to connect mapping to measurement.
Measuring Systemic Change
Six Steps: a step-by-step process for assessing system performance and understanding why systems change.
Driving Behaviour Change
Building Blocks: the fundamental mechanisms that actually drive actors to change their behaviour.
Papers
The frameworks are grounded in academic research, published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings on systems mapping, evaluation methodology, and behaviour change.
Key publications include "Six Steps to Assess Systemic Change" (2020), "Actions & Actors System Mapping" (2022), "Mechanisms of Social Change" (2018), and "Building Blocks of Programme Theory" (co-authored with Rachel Shah, 2020).