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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.

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Figure 2The stock-or-flow test

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 wasproudest of.Who built itA person, not adepartment.Works if they leave?Yes, no, or notwithout a rebuild.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 letnobody be surprised when next year starts from the same place.

Source: Author's own worksheet.

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Isoglu, S. (2026). The stock-or-flow test [Figure]. isoglu.com. https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-why-growth-compounds-fig03/

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@misc{isoglu-2026-why-growth-compounds-fig03,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{The stock-or-flow test}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Figure 2, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-why-growth-compounds-fig03/},
  note = {From the essay {Why growth compounds, and activity doesn't.}}
}
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