Mastering the systems archetypes starts an organization on the path of putting the systems perspective into practice. It is not enough to espouse systems thinking, to say, “We must look at the big picture and take the long-term view.” It is not enough to appreciate basic systems principles, as expressed in the laws of the fifth discipline (Chapter

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leaders within these complex contexts are inclined to focus solely on their project or their sector at most, assuming that they can change things if they could just get the ear of those who seem to be in charge. Their inability to use a more complex and systemic mode of analysis blocks their access to more comprehensive and effective forms of perce

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