Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller

Many of the interconnections in systems operate through the flow of information. Information holds systems together and plays a great role in determining how they operate.

So, what is a system? A system is a set of things—people, cells, molecules, or whatever—interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time.

The practice of systems thinking starts with understanding a simple concept called “feedback” that shows how actions can reinforce or counteract (balance) each other. It builds to learning to recognize types of “structures” that recur again and again:

Systems thinking focuses on the ways members of a system relate to one another.