Chapter Six
See the big picture
Practise systems thinking
Remember, always, that everything you know, and everything everyone knows, is only a model. Get your model out there where it can be viewed. Invite others to challenge your assumptions and add their own.
Donella H. Meadows
BENEFITS OF THIS MENTAL TACTIC
This mental tactic helps you spot, analyse and shape systems. It’s applicable wherever systems are at play. It is useful in four general ways:
- It lets you understand the causal influences of a problem, especially if it appears sticky and hard to overcome.
- It allows you to identify feedback loops that either grow, balance, or even destroy a system.
- It helps you find the most effective leverage points at which to influence a system. ...
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