Tools of a System Thinker

Most likely, you are familiar with this piece of advice: If you want to solve a problem, break it down into its parts. But in today’s highly interconnected and fast-changing world, you need to be able to connect the dots. Award-winning designer and educator Leyla Acaroglu encourages you to think about the world in terms of dynamic systems, whose individual components interact with and influence one another. With roots in biology, ecology and other scientific disciplines, “systems thinking” is becoming an increasingly important competency in solving issues in diverse areas such as public policy and managing corporations. In a short article posted on the Medium platform, Acaroglu introduces six fundamental concepts on which systems thinking is based. Her descriptions are easy to follow and supplemented with catchy graphics. Regardless of the problem you are trying to solve at work or at home, getAbstract believes that you will benefit from this problem-solving approach.