About
Where the Tree of Influence came from, how it compares to other frameworks, and how you may use this material.
The Tree of Influence was not designed in a lab. It grew out of real workshops, got its name from a joke, and has been refined through use since then.
The text and diagrams on this website are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0. Everyone who uses the technique is invited to contribute what they learn.
- Origin story
- How a joke during a coffee break named a problem-solving technique.
- Compared with other frameworks
- How the Tree of Influence relates to other ways of mapping causes and outcomes, and when to use one of them instead.
- License
- The text and diagrams on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
- Contributing
- How to share what you learn using the Tree of Influence, and what happens to it.