Mark Dolan is a regular reader of this newsletter and the author of Why Living Today Rocks. He worked for several years at SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) as an Engineer focused on thermodynamics, fluid flow, and mathematical modeling. As he put it, “
Thank you Stephanie -- System thinking is not simple to explain -- at some level I think of it as a model of what we are looking at. I am sure, at times, that seems like an unnecessary abstraction and for lots of people hard to justify.
The amazing thing I've come to appreciate is that our eyes deceive us. When we go for the forest instead of the trees, a deeper understanding can become clearer and our view of what we are looking at comes into view. I appreciate your willingness to ask these questions. I have my doubts whether this will be interesting but I hope it can be helpful to someone.
Thank you, Mark! Having concrete examples of system thinking and how it can bear fruit after laying initial groundwork is valuable. And much appreciated :-)
Thank you Stephanie -- System thinking is not simple to explain -- at some level I think of it as a model of what we are looking at. I am sure, at times, that seems like an unnecessary abstraction and for lots of people hard to justify.
The amazing thing I've come to appreciate is that our eyes deceive us. When we go for the forest instead of the trees, a deeper understanding can become clearer and our view of what we are looking at comes into view. I appreciate your willingness to ask these questions. I have my doubts whether this will be interesting but I hope it can be helpful to someone.
Thank you, Mark! Having concrete examples of system thinking and how it can bear fruit after laying initial groundwork is valuable. And much appreciated :-)
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