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Learn Systems Thinking:

Use Problem Solving Skills, Understand the Theory of Strategic Planning, and Create Solutions to Make Smart Decisions

Wallace Wright

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Introduction

The challenges of the 21 st centuryfrom humanitarian to economic to environmentaldemand new ways of thinking and more complex, flexible ways of acting. We no longer live in a disconnected world, due to the advances in technology and travel; a globalized world and economy require different approaches. Systems thinking is a highly developed and influential way of looking at the myriad and complicated interactions between humans, institutions, and natural processes. This text is designed to help you understand what systems thinking is and to begin using it in problem-solving, strategic planning, and smart decision making.

With this dynamic new way of looking at the world and at organizations, you will be able to implement innovative and sustainable change. Systems thinking looks at the complex interactions between the parts of the system, rather than focusing on individual components in isolation. To use a real-world example: the internet does not exist as one static, stable thing that we can examine at one moment in time in order to understand it or use it effectively; rather, it is a complex system, with the various nodes on the network connecting and re-connecting at different moments in different ways. System thinking gives us the tools and models to begin thinking in recurring loops, not in flat lines.

Systems thinking encourages us to think in a three dimensional way and learning the terms and tools of this new approach to business, and the world can assist us in solving the complex problems that we face, as well as encourage us to plan well and make smarter decisions for our future.

PART I: Interconnectedness

This requires a different worldview than one we relied on for much of modern times, one that demands us things as cyclical rather than linear. Interconnectedness doesnt just refer to technologythough that is certainly a significant part of our daily lives that depends on an understanding of how parts relate to the wholebut also to how humans influence each other and any system of which they are apart.

Basically, we are dependent on each otherand our environment, our technology, our sciencefor survival. Just as each part of an ecosystem relies on every other part for its sustainability, so do we rely on all of the parts in our system to survive and function well? If one part of the system fails, then the system is damaged, irreparably until the part is fixed or the system adapts. Its not simply biological objects that make up a system, either: the inanimate objects that we require for a system to run smoothly are also a part. For example, a family is a system that requires many elements, institutions, and objects to run smoothly. This doesnt mean that there is only one family system that functionsthere are several models of different make-ups that work equally wellbut within whatever system you divine, all the parts must be up to the task or the family unit doesnt function as well. This is where either the part must be fixed, problems addressed, or the system must adapt to whatever new configuration presents itself.

This kind of thinking is fundamentally different from the old world view of mechanistic, linear thinking, wherein a top-down authority controlled the other moving parts. This kind of thinking produced systems that have now broken down all over the world, most notably in governmental organizations: the feudal lord in his castle, hiring the knights for defense, and forcing the serfs to work the land no longer works. Interconnectedness suggests that the system works better when each part provides support for every other part, and each part is able to produce valuable feedback. This kind of communication must be multi-directional and contingent upon relationships. This kind of thinking understands that even the smallest part of a system deserves consideration, and it is fundamentally more equality-based democratic view of how the world works.

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