Habits of a System Thinker

1. Makes meaningful connections within and between systems

2. Seeks to understand the big picture

3. Changes perspectives to increase understanding

4. Considers how mental models affeact current reality and the future

5. Observes how elements within a system change over time, generating patterns and trends

6. Surfaces and tests assumptions

7. Considers short-term, long-terms and unintended consequences of actions

8. Recognizes that a system's structure generates its behavior

9. Uses understanding of system structure to identify possible leverage action

10. Considers an issue fully and resists the urge to come to a quick conclusion

11. Identifies the circular nature of complex cause and effect relationships

12. Recognizes the impact of time delays when exploring cause and effect relationships

13. Pays attention to accumulations and their rates of change

14. Checks the results and changes actions if needed: "successive approximations"

Slots and Values
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