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Stakeholder Impact Map

Map human, non-human, and systemic stakeholders to understand impacts across levels.

Purpose

Identify all actors affected by your product, including ecosystems. Reveal who might be excluded or vulnerable and design with broader ethical awareness.

Preparation

  1. 1

    Basic knowledge of your product or problem space

  2. 2

    Information on users and stakeholders

  3. 3

    Template or whiteboard for mapping impacts

Templates

Figma Template

How to Use This Method

1

Place Your System

Write your product, service, or concept in the center of the map.

2

Add Human Actors

Include users, clients, workers, and communities.

3

Add Non-human Actors

List technologies, infrastructures, ecosystems, rules, or species involved or impacted.

4

Map Impacts

Capture effects at three levels: Individual (micro), Social (meso), Environmental/Systemic (macro).

5

Review & Reflect

Check who is missing (marginalized groups, invisible workers, future generations).

Tips & Tricks

Be specific — name actual groups, not 'society'.

Push beyond obvious users to include invisible actors.

Always check impacts at all three levels.

Revisit and refine as your project evolves.

Use Conscious Digital Product Principles to reflect.

Be specific — name actual groups, not 'society'.

Push beyond obvious users to include invisible actors.

Always check impacts at all three levels.

Revisit and refine as your project evolves.

Use Conscious Digital Product Principles to reflect.

Be specific — name actual groups, not 'society'.

Push beyond obvious users to include invisible actors.

Always check impacts at all three levels.

Revisit and refine as your project evolves.

Use Conscious Digital Product Principles to reflect.

AI Prompts

Prompt 1

I am mapping stakeholders for [project]. Suggest relevant human and non-human actors.

Prompt 2

Here is my stakeholder list: [paste list]. Identify excluded or vulnerable groups, including ecosystems or future generations.

Prompt 3

For my system [name], summarize impacts at three levels: Individual, Social, Environmental/Systemic.

Prompt 4

Based on these impacts [paste notes], suggest questions to ensure no groups or risks are overlooked.