The rubber hits the road with processes. A process map is the abstraction just above the things, places, and action.
Linkage Mapping is a business improvement system or method developed by API (Associates in Process Improvement) 
during their 10 years of working with Dr. Deming. It is an extrapolation from his 1951 drawing of the enterprise as a system for the Association of Japanese Engineers.
Linkage mapping is still used in Jöpöping County, Sweden for their ongoing healthcare system transformation. See Qulturum webstie
I have used in in three regions in the US.
See a picture of a simple high level linkage map.
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See Linkage Map
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We are focused on ReLocalize Creativity and our approach is illustrated in a Diamond Diagram.
Our approach is local Learning and Development. Our methods are See the Systems, Collective Action coordinated through Neighborhood Dev Co-ops.