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Tool #4 #3 Systems Question—Environmental Impact
Application of Systems Dynamics #2: Open-System View;
and #3: System Boundaries
Keep asking
The #3 Question:
“What will be changing in the environment in the future
that will impact us?”
In today’s rapidly changing environment, people and organizations who fail to constantly scan
their environment to see what is changing are unlikely to be successful.
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For example:
In
organizational
terms, the acronym “SKEPTIC” is one framework. It
includes scanning for changes in:
S Socio-Demographics T Technology
K “K”ompetition I Industry
E Economics C Customers ...