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Systems thinking is a process of discovery and diagnosis—an inquiry into the governing processes underlying problems we face.

Mental Models.

This team model will help you to judge your team. Begin by defining the skills, expertise and resources that you think are important for carrying out the project. Note the skills that are absolutely necessary for the job. Distinguish between soft skills (e.g., loyalty, motivation, reliability) and hard skills (e.g., computer, business and knowledge

People who lead adaptive change most successfully have a diagnostic mind-set about themselves as well as about the situation. That is, they are continually striving to understand what is going on inside, how they are changing over time, and how they as a system interact with their organization as a system.

Many organizations get trapped by their current ways of doing things, simply because these ways worked in the past. And as tried-and-true patterns of thinking and acting produced success for the organization, they also produced success for the individuals who embraced those patterns.

In a smoothly-functioning System, the number of formal messages is near minimum. The tasks get done and the System moves on to new tasks. In contrast, a poorly-functioning System begins to generate increasing numbers of messages, often shaped around such questions as “What went wrong?”, “How far along is Task X?”, and especially, “Why don’t we have

To advance in your skills, study the archetypes, read the news, and approach stories from a systems thinking point of view.