Think In Systems: The Theory and Practice of Strategic Planning, Problem Solving, and Creating Lasting Results - Complexity Made Simple
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Think In Systems: The Theory and Practice of Strategic Planning, Problem Solving, and Creating Lasting Results - Complexity Made Simple
Systems thinkers see the world as a collection of stocks along with the mechanisms for regulating the levels in the stocks by manipulating flows.
Donella H. Meadows • Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
The practice of systems thinking starts with understanding a simple concept called “feedback” that shows how actions can reinforce or counteract (balance) each other. It builds to learning to recognize types of “structures” that recur again and again:
Peter M. Senge • The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
A good systems thinker, particularly in an organizational setting, is someone who can see four levels operating simultaneously: events, patterns of behavior, systems, and mental models.
Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
To keep you focused on the big picture, Peter Senge and Otto Scharmer describe problems as embodying three types of complexity:
- Dynamic Complexity. Where cause and effect are distant in time and space. When it is high, you need to take a systems approach that deals with all the interdependencies. When it is low, you can do a piece by piece approach