The beauty of systems—system thinking for decision makers

Katlynn 2022-09-23 10:00:43

In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Posig writes: Even if your factory is demolished, as long as its spirit lives on, you can quickly build another. If a revolution destroys the old government, but the systemic pattern of thinking and behavior of the new government does not change, it still cannot escape the fate of being overthrown again. A lot of us talk a lot about the system, but few really understand it.

Farm in this movie, its spirit is systematic. A system is a set of interconnected things that influence each other in a specific pattern of behavior over time. The system may be triggered, driven, impacted or restricted by external forces, and the feedback method of the system affected by the external force is the characteristic of the system.

The problems encountered by this group of Farmers are usually not isolated from each other, but affect each other and change dynamically, especially in a dynamic situation composed of a series of complex systems. In this case, Farmer can't just solve problems, but be good at managing chaotic situations.

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The Biggest Little Farm quotes

  • John Chester: This all started with a promise that we would leave the big city and build a life in perfect harmony with nature.