Si Guide Series

Systems inquiry explores holistic understanding and mapping of complex systems to identify underlying structures, interrelationships, and leverage points for effective change and sustainable outcomes through co-creation and collaborative efforts.

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Donella Meadows • Leverage Points Si Guide Series

“leverage points.” These are places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosystem) where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything.

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Systems Guide Series

The guide introduces systems mapping, covering its purpose, causal relationships, feedback loops, and archetypes, aiming to enhance understanding of complex systems and facilitate effective interventions.

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It is firstly important to know that leverage points are counter-intuitive. Leverage is not found in the centralized points of the greatest manifest power in the system but is found rather in abstraction. By abstraction, we mean shifting up from the manifest observable everyday phenomena to look at information flows and mental models. Understanding... See more