Systems Thinking

[anitsh]

Systems Thinking

Individual Traits That Enable Systems Thinking

Resource

• [ ] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_science
• [ ] https://embeddedartistry.com/blog/2019/02/05/beyond-continual-improvement
• [ ] https://embeddedartistry.com/fieldmanual-terms/systems-theory
• [x] https://medium.com/disruptive-design/tools-for-systems-thinkers-getting-into-systems-dynamics-and-bathtubs-1f961f7c4073 | https://medium.com/disruptive-design/tools-for-systems-thinkers-the-6-fundamental-concepts-of-systems-thinking-379cdac3dc6a
• [ ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG8aPPk&feature=emb_logo
• [ ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sfiReUu3o0
• [ ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbLh7rZ3rhU&t=155s
• [ ] https://www.pinterest.com/theunschool/systems-thinking

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[anitsh]

The Agile Manifesto talks about "Individuals and interactions over processes and tools". For me, the most important part of this line is "interactions".

Systems are defined by the way people interact. These interactions drive the behaviour of the system. If you want to change behaviour, then change interactions.

This is why the Agile Manifesto talks about "Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project" and "conveying information ... face-to-face conversation", "self-organizing teams" etc.

It's also why Agile transformation results in conversations around cross functional teams, the DevOps movement and organisational design.

These are all focusing on improving the business by improving the "interactions" between individuals.

Processes and tools force certain interaction models. These can either be helpful, and enable collaboration, or create barriers to it.

To improve the system look at the interactions. Between roles, specialisms, teams, stakeholders, users, customers. Experiment with ways to improve them. This will improve your outcomes.

• Peter Moss, Thoughtworks : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/petergillardmoss_digitaltransformation-agile-people-activity-6785864956110766081-aFdk