Impact Trust • Working glossary
Basin of attraction / stability landscape
A metaphor for how systems tend to stay in stable states (basins) until pushed hard enough to tip into a different state.
Details
Context introduced
Powerful visual metaphor for workshops – the “ball in a bowl” image works well – but the technical label is dense. Use the image, not the jargon.
Source
Complex systems science
Source / First Appears In
Cascade Institute TDT session
Authors
Impact Trust team
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