Most leaders reach for the same tool for every challenge — and wonder why nothing sticks. Misread the challenge, apply the wrong tool, get the wrong outcome. In that order. This diagnostic maps your challenge to its complexity type — and tells you what kind of intervention it demands.
The tool maps each challenge across two dimensions drawn from complexity science — how much the people who must act hold competing incentives, and how well the available solutions are understood. The combination determines what kind of intervention your challenge actually requires.
How this model works → Takes approximately 5–8 minutesChoose up to 10 challenges IHE is currently navigating. Click Why is this hard to move? under any challenge to learn more before selecting. You can also add up to 5 of your own below.