In any workplace, pressure behaves like heat: it moves through the path of least resistance.
If you're absorbing more than your share, it's not because you're “better equipped.” It's because the system is distributing heat unevenly.
This tool helps you map that pattern clearly — so you can see the system, not blame yourself.
“Heat always goes somewhere. If you’re carrying it, someone else isn’t.”
Your Heat Redistribution Map
Use these four layers to understand how pressure moves in your space. You don’t need perfect accuracy — just honest reflection.
How to Build Your Map
1. Source Points
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Where does the pressure originate? Identify decisions, behaviours, or policies creating the heat.
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What triggers it? Change, conflict, deadlines, leadership shifts, unclear roles.
2. Transfer Paths
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How does the heat travel? Through communication gaps, role ambiguity or informal requests.
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Who passes it on? Spot people who redirect pressure instead of resolving it.
3. Insulation Zones
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Where does the heat stop? Identify people who are protected by structure, culture, or proximity.
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What shields them? Policies, status, loyalty networks, or role design.
4. Absorption Sites
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Where does the heat finally land? Often on those with the least power, protection, or safety.
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What impact does it have? Emotional exhaustion, unfair workload, decreased safety.
Why This Matters
Once you can see how the heat moves, you can stop blaming yourself for conditions you didn’t cause — and start naming what’s structural.
The next step is not to fix this alone. It’s to enter a structured learning pathway designed for advocates, organisational changemakers, and people experiencing workplace pressure.
You are not imagining the pressure. You’re finally seeing the system that produces it.