http://nick.tn-uk.net/2008/i-think-your-system-sucks/ Bucking the trend since 1987. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:14:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://nick.tn-uk.net/2008/i-think-your-system-sucks/#comment-13957 Daniel M Mon, 12 May 2008 15:36:47 +0000 http://nick.tn-uk.net/?p=214#comment-13957 Jakcson, good point. Systems thinking is a framework among many others that we can use to understand problems. The excitement behind it is that it has emerged as an alternative to reductionism. It also has the value of helping us understand the interconnection of components that are beyond the typical narrow scope we would consider in reductionist ways of thinking. I think the definition above is a good start but there are other important points revolving a shift from linear causality to non-linear causal chains. I would argue that the definition of what systems thinking is still evolving as we learn more. Jakcson, good point. Systems thinking is a framework among many others that we can use to understand problems. The excitement behind it is that it has emerged as an alternative to reductionism. It also has the value of helping us understand the interconnection of components that are beyond the typical narrow scope we would consider in reductionist ways of thinking. I think the definition above is a good start but there are other important points revolving a shift from linear causality to non-linear causal chains. I would argue that the definition of what systems thinking is still evolving as we learn more.

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