Abstract
Much of systems thinking, as commonly espoused today, was developed by a generation in the context of the 1960s to 1980s. Almost all of the luminaries of that era have passed on. In the 2010s, has system thinking changed with the world in which it is to be applied? Is systems thinking learning and coevolving with the world? Some contemporary systems thinkers continue to push the frontiers of theory, methods and practice. Others situationally increment the traditions of their preferred gurus, where approaches proven successful in prior experiences are replicated for new circumstances. Founded on interactions with a variety of systems communities over the past 15 years, three ways to rethink systems thinking are proposed:
1. Reorient systems thinking beyond “parts and wholes” towards “learning and coevolving”.
2. Learn where the service economy and the anthropocene are new, anticipating deutero and trito levels.
3. Coevolve the episteme, techne and phronesis across systems thinking, for both the living and non-living.
These proposed ways are neither exhaustive nor sufficient. The declaration that systems thinking should be rethought may itself be controversial. If, however, systems thinking is to be authentic, the theory, methods and practices with which we engage a changing world may require attention.
Citation
David Ing, "Rethinking Systems Thinking: Learning and coevolving with the world", (plenary address), 56th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, at San Jose State University, July 16, 2012.
Video available at http://media.isss.org/podcasts/systems-thinkers-at-large/20121126-david-ing-rethinking-1280x720 and http://media.isss.org/media/20121126-david-ing-rethinking-480
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Fuller said: “Humanity will overcome complexity through design science.” But we will never 'overcome' complexity. We will navigate it by collaborative design.
But the problem is, we really do not collaborate well. We need more than methods - we need cultural change, and to disrupt the way we think about problem solving.
Systems Thinking is a way of seeing and talking about reality that helps us better understand and work with organization and communities to influx the quality of our lives.
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Presentación expuesta en el II Congreso SIETAR Argentina el 26 de Septiembre de 2015 en Buenos Aires. Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research
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Systems thinking in a nutshell
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Activity – The natural system
Activity – Let’s build a system (guided)
The workbook leads the user through the elements of Crafitti's "Lean Inventive Systems Thinking" framework applied to accelerate innovative thinking in business and technology contexts.
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The second major group research questions whether it is good idea to combine Complexity Thinking (CxT) and Systems Thinking (ST) to study Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). We believe ST is necessary in addition to CxT because ST focuses also on the design of human-made CAS (based on restrictions imposed by humans in the organization and in the environment). Special attention is given to the extension of the Cynefin Framework which is a generic sense-making framework (situational awareness). It defines different spaces each with specific characteristics for management (as IT-investments) and leadership.
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Concerning the research methods, we note that specific to this study we start from the military sciences to create an IT investment framework in the business domain. This requires abstraction of military concepts to transform them into business concepts.
Feedback always welcome: Marc.Rabaey@gmail.com
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