Book review The art of systems thinking - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Book review The art of systems thinking - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Systems thinking is the key to understanding many of the problems that we face today as individuals and organizations. Peter Senge defined it as one of five key disciplines necessary to create a learning organization, but systems thinking is useful far beyond that. This book, subtitled Essential skills for creativity and problem solving, is a thorough introduction to the field. The book explains all the basic concepts of systems thinking, and demonstrates many ways to apply it in both professional and private life. It discusses the history of systems thinking and explains all the basic concepts involved. Reading this book left me with a better feel for the nature of systems, and the ways in which systems change and can be changed. It is one more step away from the mechanistic world view that results from simple, linear cause-and-effect thinking. I recommend the book to anyone who is interested in systems thinking (and if youre not interested you should be). As an alternative, theres also a substantial section on systems thinking in The fifth discipline by Peter Senge. It doesnt achieve the same depth (of course), but its a good start. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related