Systems Thinking

In what ways can you think more holistically about your goals for positive change, the challenges you may face and the time frames you need to achieve them in?

Insights from the field of systems thinking help participants discover new ways of effectively meeting their goals.

In society, government, economics, and the environment, many systems do not behave as we would like. For example, ground water is becoming scarcer, a nation’s population often grows faster than its jobs, and prices of important food items rise, and corruption may be growing. These are all problems, at least for some people, and in each case we would like to see a different behaviour.

Systems thinking is one way of perceiving, understanding, communicating and, sometimes, changing the factors that cause “problems”. This course develops participants’ ability to use the vocabulary and habits of a systems thinker in order to become much more effective when making decisions affecting their environment, while at the same time improving their skills as problem-solvers and communicators.