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Figure Figure 2 Growth that compounds

The stock-or-flow test

Four rows, one meeting. The last column is the one that comes back blank, and blank there means the row is flow that nobody has noticed resetting.

A four-row worksheet for sorting the achievements a team was proudest of into stock and flow: what was built, who built it, whether it still works if that person leaves, and who keeps it working.WHAT WE BUILTThe four the team was proudestof.WHO BUILT ITA person, not adepartment.WORKS IF THEY LEAVE?Yes, no, or not without arebuild.WHO KEEPS IT WORKINGNamed owner, and whichbudget line.What survives goes on the line funded for condition. What does not is flow: fund it as flow, and let nobody besurprised when next year starts from the same place.
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Reference & Evidence

Source: Author's own worksheet.

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