Systems thinking can help us solve everyday and wicked problems,
increase our personal effectiveness as human beings, and transform our
organizations. This book is for anyone interested in learning the
foundational ideas of systems thinking. SIMPLE RULES OF SYSTEMS THINKING
Systems Thinking Made Simple doesn't mean that we're going to
oversimplify it like a ... for Dummies book. It means that we will show
how systems thinking emerges when we focus on a simple set of rules.
After years of searching for unifying principles, many experts and
practitioners in the field of systems thinking have embraced DSRP as
universal to all systems thinking methods. Originally a complex
mathematical formulation, DSRP has since been made more accessible
through powerful modeling and visualization tools. There are two
surprising things about our new understanding of systems thinking. First
is how simple the four rules are: DISTINCTIONS RULE: Any idea or thing
can be distinguished from the other ideas or things it is with SYSTEMS
RULE: Any idea or thing can be split into parts or lumped into a whole
RELATIONSHIP RULE: Any idea or thing can relate to other things or ideas
PERSPECTIVES RULE: Any thing or idea can be the point or the view of a
perspective