Rapidly Create

Maps to Improvement Action

You many be interested in Actionmap if

You are called to help people (including yourself)
be happier, healthier and more successful
in working with complex activities including:

â–  tasks, roles and jobs
â–  projects, organizations and movements
â–  technology, social and natural systems

Any activity that a person or group needs to perform, operate, manage, develop, participate in and/or learn about.

ActionMap’s focus is not just about the activity.

It’s about helping people who work with the activity improve their experience with the activity.

What is ActionMap?

ActionMap (formally the ActionMap® Toolkit™)
is a set of formats and procedures for conducting fast-paced high-engagement individual or group work sessions that: 

â–  Rapidly, reliably and flexibly,
â–  Create strong shared understanding, agreement,
and commitment to take action,
â–  Supported by high-quality activity maps, evaluations,
and action plans.

Key results for clients and workshop participants include:

■ Greater clarity about the activity, leading to 
â–  Reduced stress from having to remember it all, supporting
â–  Increased effectiveness at making positive changes.

Do you or your clients experience those needs?

What Do the Maps Look Like? (Quick Examples)

Imagine an activity of interest to you now quickly and reliably mapped into this format.

Free training in how to do that using only pencil and paper and what you already know is provided at actionmap.com/freetraining.

“Make Pizza Dinner”

“Operate Pizza Parlor”

(Note: these examples were created in the software and have been edited for style only (font and wavy lines) after export to PowerPoint.)

Many more examples, including maps and evaluations, can be found at actionmap.com/examples

Who has used ActionMap?

ActionMap® workshops have been used in over 100 engagements, with organizations including these:
(and many more)

What has ActionMap been used for?

ActionMap® workshops have been used for many purposes, including those shown here:

How does ActionMap have such versatility?

ActionMap is a graphic and text language capable of expressing anything discussed in an activity-focused meeting. It utilizes simplified, easy-to-understand adaptations of powerful systems techniques that can be applied to any activity. ActionMap is specifically designed to support human thinking about activities, regardless of the subject matter.

A few of the testimonials for ActionMap

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Jim’s ActionMap software was very useful in providing detailed structure and direction while maintaining a fast productive pace for engagement and exchange. Participants contributed in meaningful ways to capture process maps, process evaluations, and prioritized action plans. Jim’s support has made a significant contribution to our strategic planning initiative!

Grants and Development Manager, PSE Healthy Energy


Jim has been helping us translate our strategic goals into detailed action plans.  Jim’s ActionMap workshops are highly engaging and eye-opening, and have given us a strong shared understanding of our current operations as the basis for growth.

Executive Director, Acterra

A major goal of ActionMap workshops is to turn personal performance knowledge into shared descriptive knowledge.

This also applies to uncovering and combining performance knowledge within an individual.

Workshop programs follow a flexible, compact improvement cycle.

The Map and Evaluate stages by themselves produce major results, often within two to three hours 

Frequent responses after the first hour of mapping include:
â–  “I had no idea I was doing so much work.”
â–  “It’s a relief to get this out of my head where I can see it all at once.” 

ActionMap fills a gap in organizations’ needs
for process and collaboration methods

ActionMap workshops create a broad range of values for stakeholder groups