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Learning Systems Thinking

by Diana Montalion

Software Development

Book Details

Book Title

Learning Systems Thinking

Author

Diana Montalion

Publisher

O'Reilly Media

Publication Date

2024

ISBN

9781098151331

Number of Pages

399

Language

English

Format

PDF

File Size

2.2MB

Subject

System Design

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • I. A System of Thinking
  • Chapter 1. What Is Systems Thinking?
  • Linear Thinking Is the Default
  • Systems Thinking Is Nonlinear
  • What Is Systems Thinking?
  • Systems Thinking Is a Practice
  • Qualities of a Systems Thinker
  • MAGO’s Quandary
  • Chapter 2. Crafting Conceptual Integrity
  • Relationships Produce Effect
  • Systems Thinking Is Sociotechnical
  • Counterintuitiveness
  • A System in Flux
  • A System of Ideas
  • Time Is Always a Factor
  • Support for Your Practice: Riding on the Front of the Train
  • Your Practice: Writing as Thinking
  • Counterintuitive MAGO
  • Chapter 3. Shifting Your Perspective
  • Five Core Practices
  • Modeling as a Core Practice
  • The Iceberg That Sinks Our Initiatives
  • The Blame Game
  • Your Practice: The Iceberg Model
  • MAGO’s Quandary: Shifting Perspective
  • Support for Your Practice: Shifting Perspective Is Hard
  • II. You Are a System of Thinking
  • Chapter 4. Self-Awareness as a Foundational Skill
  • Systems Thinking: The Hard Parts
  • Decision Making Is a Noisy Process
  • Observe Your Thinking
  • MAGO: Everything Is in Our Blind Spots
  • Support for Your Practice: 12 Things Self-Awareness Taught Me
  • Chapter 5. Replace Reacting with Responding
  • Noticing Your Reactions
  • Opinion-Driven as Normal
  • Empathy as a Core Skill
  • Create Space for Your Reactions
  • Your Practice: Options When Reacting
  • MAGO’s Reactions
  • Support for Your Practice: The Stories Don’t Have to Be the Same
  • Chapter 6. A System of Learning
  • III. We Are a System of Thinking
  • Chapter 7. Collective Systemic Reasoning
  • What Is Systemic Reasoning?
  • Your Practice: Create a Proposition
  • Systemic Reasoning Is a Method of Inquiry
  • Systemic Reasoning Is a Worthwhile Investment
  • Systemic Reasoning Structures (and Frames) Ambiguity
  • The Top-Down Elaboration
  • Strengthening the Reasons
  • Your Practice: Strengthen Your Reasons
  • MAGO’s Proposition
  • Support for Your Practice: The Iceberg Model
  • Chapter 8. Designing Feedback Loops
  • Building Conceptual Bridges
  • Systems Thinking Needs Feedback Loops
  • Four Core Skills
  • Your Practice: Get Some Feedback
  • MAGO: Helpful Conceptual Bridges
  • Support for Your Practice: Strong Conceptual Bridges
  • Chapter 9. Pattern Thinking
  • What Is Pattern Thinking?
  • Patterns Produce Events
  • How Relationships Produce Effect
  • Seven Pattern Thinking Questions
  • MAGO: Looking at the Patterns
  • Your Practice: The Seven Questions
  • Support for Your Practice: Pattern Thinking Outside of Technology
  • IV. Designing a System of Thinking
  • Chapter 10. Modeling, Together
  • What Is Modeling?
  • Taking a Systems Perspective
  • MAGO from a Systems Perspective
  • Your Practice: Go Model
  • Support for Your Practice: Resources
  • Chapter 11. Systems Leadership
  • The Paradigm We Work In
  • Characteristics of Systems Leadership
  • Learning Leadership
  • MAGO: Systems Leadership
  • Your Practice: A Systems Leadership Cohort
  • Chapter 12. Redefining Success
  • Success Is a System
  • Your Practice: Success Is a Paradigm Shift
  • Qualities of Success
  • Success for MAGO
  • Support for Your Practice: Objectives for Systems Leaders
  • Dancing with Systems
  • Further Resources
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • About the Author