Look at me doing systems thinking !

Can systems thinking provide the right perspective?

Many schools of systems thinking, many different lenses CATWOE Intervention Points VPEC-T Process Variety Cybernetics Complexity

One All-Purpose Lens? Best Practice Scope? Distortion?

Singular Plural Fox knows many Hedgehog one Solid trick

Best Practice? One lens to rule them all Single version of the truth

One lens to rule them all

Single version of the truth

Next Practice? Multiply lenses to get depth of vision Double description

Multiply lenses to get depth of vision

Double description

Some lenses specifically help to understand pluralism VPEC-T Differences in V alues Conflicting P olicies Interference of E vents Inconsistent C ontent Asymmetric T rust asymmetric design Three Types of Asymmetry Double Challenge

VPEC-T

Differences in V alues

Conflicting P olicies

Interference of E vents

Inconsistent C ontent

Asymmetric T rust

asymmetric design

Three Types of Asymmetry

Double Challenge

Interesting combinations of lenses can provide extra insight and power Leverage Points VPEC-T Organizational Intelligence Adoption Engineering VPEC-T TRIZ

Double use of the same lens can help reflect on how we are doing Intervention System Target System VPEC-T Organizational Intelligence VPEC-T Organizational Intelligence

Seeing with versus seeing through This life's dim windows of the soul Distorts the heavens from pole to pole And leads you to believe a lie When you see with, not through, the eye. Wm Blake

This life's dim windows of the soul

Distorts the heavens from pole to pole

And leads you to believe a lie

When you see with, not through, the eye.

Wm Blake

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