Digital Transformation Cascade: 2D Network Layout

Universities rarely adopt a new digital platform all at once — the rollout spreads across departments the way any complex social contagion does, gated by peer pressure rather than a single announcement. This 2D companion to the 3D adoption-cascade simulator keeps the same real Watts threshold-cascade physics on the same kind of department collaboration network, but lays it out with an independent force-directed graph algorithm that pulls connected departments together and pushes unconnected ones apart, making cluster structure and bridging links legible at a glance. Tune the adoption threshold, seed champion count and network density, drag to pan and scroll to zoom into the graph, and watch a coverage-over-time strip — a diagnostic the 3D version has no equivalent for — trace exactly when the initiative tips into a campus-wide cascade or stalls among a disconnected minority.