Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking takes the view that any problem we’re working on is part of a larger, interconnected system. Instead of making a quick fix, Systems Thinking encourages us to work with our team to discover the larger context that surrounds our current problem.
Resource Links
- Dancing with Systems - Guidelines for Drawing Causal Loop Diagrams
- Habits of a Systems Thinker - Leverage Points Places to Intervene in a System
- also as a video: “In a World of Systems” - Peter Senge and the learning organization
- Russ Ackoff (helped establish Systems Thinking) – a short video - An Overview of the Soft Systems Methodology
- Systems Practice, Abridged
- Systems Thinking - Tools for Systems Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking
- Why Systems Thinking? (Along with a good description of why, they also have a free course.)
Systems Thinking Books
- SystemsOne: An Introduction to Systems Thinking
- Draper Kauffman (only 48 pages long and free) - Making Work Systems Better
- Luc Hoebeke - Thinking in Systems: A Primer – Donella Meadows - The Systems Bible: The Beginner’s Guide to Systems Large and Small – John Gall - Beyond Connecting the Dots – (free book)