Systems Thinking 101

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The situations and events that we deal with in our daily personal and work lives are complex, yet our thinking is often biased and simplistic. By adopting new ways of thinking that are more in tune with our adaptive, nonlinear world, we can achieve increased effectiveness and success in nearly all domains. In this course, learn the basic tenets of systems thinking, a more sophisticated way of looking at problems and organizing your thoughts. We layout what systems thinking is, why it’s valuable, and how to do it: Learn all about the power of mapping in systems thinking and get examples of its real-life applications. Plus, learn how systems thinking can even help you boost your emotional intelligence. Deepen your understanding of the what, why, and how of systems thinking Explore the root of complex ideas and wicked problems Learn to structure information with systems logic Includes skills course and real-world case application

Learning Objectives for Systems Thinking 101

• Use USBISP paradigm of systems thinking (Understand the System Before Identifying or Solving the Problem).
• Can distinguish between and relate Systems Thinking (ST), Systems Mapping (SM) and Systems Leadership (SL).
• Identify the elements (simple rules, agents, interaction effects, emergent property) of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS).
• Articulate how Systems Thinking (DSRP) is foundational to the “8 types of thinking.”
• Articulate the relationship between a global list of human crises and the root crisis (a thinking crisis).
• Articulate the 4 ways that DSRP is foundational to Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and Analytical Intelligence (IQ).
• Articulate the mismatch between Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Adaptive (VUCA) and Linear, Anthropocentric, Mechanistic, and Ordered (LAMO) and why it’s important.
• Recognize names and use cases of the top systems models and approaches (i.e., The 4 Waves of Systems Thinking).
• Demonstrate ability to predict behaviour/action from mental models and reverse-engineer behaviour/action to mental models.
• Using DSRP verbal and/or visual language, spontaneously reify mental models using pen and paper drawings or objects.
• Decipher real-world scenarios using the Systems Thinking Iceberg model.
• Decipher real-world scenarios using the Systems Thinking Loop model.
• Decipher real-world scenarios using the Systems Thinking mental model = information + thinking (m=i+t) model.
• Commit to memory the DSRP Thinking Structures and their Elements.
• Using the DSRP Thinking Structures and their Elements to verbally express your thinking.

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