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Possibility mapping

Navigate complexity creatively. Turn challenges into clear action.

You're tackling digital transformation, service redesign, or multi-team programmes - wicked problems in deeply entangled systems. Teams debate what's impossible rather than what they control, while traditional planning fails as the system fights back.

What if you could navigate that complexity in a day and leave with your next best move - concrete actions to start immediately?

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Possibility Mapping workshop

  • Map the whole picture

    Identify what shapes your system: what blocks progress, patterns that repeat, and who has influence. Unite diverse perspectives so everyone understands the challenge and sees the same landscape.

  • Find your zone of possibility

    See three boundaries: where change is impossible, where it requires external support, and where it's too volatile. Between these lies what you can actually influence and control right now.

  • Align your team

    Build clarity on priorities across teams with creative facilitation methods that surface every perspective. Not just the loudest voices - everyone contributes, shapes the plan, and owns the outcome.

  • Get creative (and have fun)

    Break out of traditional workshop patterns with playful, person-centred approaches. Surface unknowns, expose biases, and unlock missing perspectives. You'll make better decisions and enjoy it.

  • Leave with concrete next steps

    Walk away with actions you can start Monday. Run safe-to-fail experiments without needing endless approvals. Not another strategy document that sits on the shelf while nothing changes.

  • Keep the momentum going

    Quick wins create a portfolio of next best moves. Each success builds confidence and momentum for bigger changes, setting the direction for ongoing experimentation and transformation.

“The creative and person centred methods Torchbox brings to possibility mapping really helped us develop our ideas for improvement, areas to prioritise and where we need to engage colleagues in our plans. The team really understood our challenges and goals, and were skilled in bringing together a diverse set of perspectives with a really innovative approach.”

Dr Helen McColl Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Director, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

What's in the name

Possibility Mapping is our method for navigating complex challenges and getting rapid results. Drawing on innovation practices and applied complexity science, it empowers you to identify your next best move and rapidly achieve quick wins - even when challenges feel overwhelming. It’s a guided conversation that allows you to be curious and creative at the same time, bringing joy into the process.

Let’s explore what’s possible

Chat with us about the challenge you’re facing and discover how Possibility Mapping can create momentum where you need it most.

Ellie Ashman Director of Public Sector Practice

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Possibility Mapping with AWP

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership faced fragmented systems and clinicians coordinating rather than delivering care. We brought together stakeholders from five regions, third sector partners, and people with lived experience to tackle: "How might we reimagine digital access, focusing on what we can change?"

Through Possibility Mapping, we helped AWP identify their zone of possibilities, build consensus on quick wins, and uncover tangible actions they've since implemented.

More participant testimonials

Curious, playful style of workshop; bringing people together; focus on tangible to-do's; smiles, food and breaks, thank you!"

Helen

Structure and process, especially Lego Serious Play and the way of mapping and then segmenting; would love it if you could share the slides as the questions and framing were really helpful.

Alice

Relaxed and creative; focus on areas of control - often we get stuck on the impossible; working across localities and organisations.

Sadie

Love the focus on starting somewhere, doing it fast and not being paralysed over the enormity of it all; love the playful, creative environment that has helped us be curious and open to doing things differently.

Victoria

Creativity and play; the people; the discussions generated; very well fed and watered throughout; relaxed setting; well paced; excellent facilitation; learning different viewpoints; good research

Marie

Let’s explore what’s possible

Chat with us about the challenge you’re facing and discover how Possibility Mapping can create momentum where you need it most.

Ellie Ashman Director of Public Sector Practice

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