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But for ordinary people to do extraordinary things, a system—“a way of doing things”—is absolutely essential in order to compensate for the disparity between the skills your people have and the skills your business needs if it is to produce consistent results.

Why should you learn to use systems thinking?

If you’re an entrepreneur, your goal might be to build a million-dollar business. Your system is how you test product ideas, hire employees, and run marketing campaigns.

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:

The linear systemic lens is sometimes sufficient. If I, as a leader, am charged only with achieving relatively simple, short-term goals, then this simple cause-and-effect philosophy may serve me well. I don’t like uncertainty. I seek to control. I am not humble. I rely on tried and trusted methodologies. I don’t see the need to collaborate, believi