Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing inter-relationships

Systems thinking is “a discipline for seeing wholes… a framework for seeing inter-relationships rather than things, for seeing patterns of change rather than static ‘snapshots.’”^[1]

It is a set of general principles … It is also a set of specific tools and techniques… Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing the “structures” that underlie complex situations, and for discerning high from low leverage change. That is, by seeing wholes we learn how to foster health. To do so, systems thinking offers a language that begins by restructuring how we think.^[2]

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See also:

• Systems thinking accounts for events, structure, and behavior (over time)
• Systems Thinking perceives the relationships and structure of complex systems