#seeing systems

Own Up and Put Out

Transformation of inputs into outputs – this is the process by which the goals are obtained. 

I found the above line while poking around some system thinking pages on Wikipedia.  This is a basic idea of not only systems thinking but also the process approach mentioned in a previous post.  It’s also key to leadership.  Leadership isthe activity by which people accomplish a desired goal in a way…

What is a Learning Organization?

The idea of a learning organization is typically associated with companies that continuously transform and adapt to remain competitive in business.  Peter Sengecoined the idea from his research of systems at the MIT Sloan School of Management and work with colleagues.  A learning organization has five main features: systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision and team…

A system is a set of connected things, parts or elements forming a complex whole.  It can also be an organized theme or set of principles or processes according to which something is done.  We are a system of mental, physiological, psychological and spiritual subsystems, elements and patterns.  Likewise people around us are systems in of themselves.  When we interact we integrate some of our…