The Monthly “Dot Connections”: Dot Connection of Systems Thinking July 2020

Systems Thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes and understanding the relationship between the parts and the whole. 

The effects of an increasingly digitized world are now reaching into every corner of businesses and every aspect of organizations. The organization of the future is an organization designed openly for anyone with ideas on how human organizations ought to be contrived in the face of the strategic imperatives of the digital era.

The work is not the place you go, but a live organization and an experiment lab where you can connect the dots to explore the art of possibility.

 

      Dots Connection of Systems Thinking 

The Dot Connection of Creativity vs. System Thinking Creativity is about connecting dots to generate novel ideas; to dig into mindset level, it’s a system thinking process. Systems Thinking is about seeing interrelationships rather than isolated things, understanding patterns, focusing on the nature of relationships rather than just on separate entities. What’s the further understanding of creativity and Systems Thinking?

System Thinking vs. Design Thinking Systems Thinking is important for the management to understand the interconnectivity between parts and the whole. It provides the tools and methodologies to define problems under uncertainty and offers a better and more accurate understanding of the overall business and its ecosystem. To improve the organizational maturity from functioning to delight, the design is largely considered a byproduct of solid engineering discipline with an artistic touch, not just about wireframe or visual delight, As an organization's maturity about design increased, design moves from a superficial afterthought to a type of advanced thinking and real competitive business advantage.

Systems Thinking and Problem-Solving Systems Thinking is about understanding interconnected relationships between parts and the whole. The business problems today usually have many causes and can be very complex. Leveraging Systems Thinking to problem-solving includes framing the right problems, understanding the interconnected relationship between different problems, as well as figuring out potential solutions.

Systems Thinking vs. Inclusiveness Systems Thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes and understanding the relationship between the parts and the whole. The relationship is everything. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than isolated things, for seeing patterns of change rather than static “snapshots,” to perceive diversity in unity. In management practice, Systems Thinking advocates inclusiveness; and inclusiveness enforces Systems Thinking.

The Systems Thinking about ‘Complexity’ vs.‘Complicatedness’ The concept labeled ‘complicatedness’ is often confused with the concept labeled 'complexity.' From the dictionary, ‘complicated’ is difficult to understand. Complexity is not simple, which is composed of various elements and intertwined and interdependent. What’re the further Systems Thinking about a complex system and complicated system?

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