Concepts are the analytical lenses used across this analysis — recurring patterns, structural conditions, and mechanisms that surface in multiple feedback loops, system traps, and interventions. Tagging a concept on a page makes that thread followable: click any tag below to see every page on the site that addresses it.
Concepts are not the same as loops or traps. The eleven feedback loops describe specific causal mechanisms with named stocks and delays. The seven system traps describe Donella Meadows's archetypal patterns. Concepts are the cross-cutting ideas that recur across both — analytical glue, not new content.
For example, captured governance surfaces in L11, Trap 4 (policy resistance), and Intervention 1. The concept tag lets you trace it as a single thread across the analysis.
- Annual Funding Cycle 3 pages
- Executive Competence 7 pages
- Governance Capture 11 pages
- Information Suppression 7 pages
- Institutional Knowledge 3 pages
- Level 3 Escalation 6 pages
- Loyalty Networks 3 pages
- Oversight Degradation 8 pages
- Patient Safety 1 page
- Performance Drift 5 pages
- Portfolio Overload 3 pages
- Rebranding 3 pages
- Trust Asymmetry 2 pages
- Vendor Dependency 4 pages
- Whistleblower Retaliation 3 pages
- Workforce Expansion 4 pages