Product Overview
Systems Thinking has great power insolving complex problems that are notsolvable using conventional reductionistthinking. It can help to explain non-linearbehaviors like market reactions to newproduct introductions or the spread ofdisease; to understand complex socioeconomicproblems such as the effectsof charter schools or legalized gambling;and to understand the seemingly illogicalbehaviors of individuals and organizationslike ISIS.
However, there is no step-by-step procedurethat has been established to facilitate theuse of Systems Thinking in solving real-worldproblems. We hope that this handbook fillsthat gap and that the tools and approachprovided herein facilitate the use of SystemsThinking in addressing systemic issues ofinterest to you, whatever they may be.
