Systems thinking for social change
a practical guide to solving complex problems, avoiding unintended consequences, and achieving lasting results
by David Peter Stroh · first published 2015
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…Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows (https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp...) - Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Fieldbook-Strategies...) - Systems Thinking for Social Change (https://www.amazon.com/Systems-Thinking-Social-Change-Conseq...) Articles on Leading Systems Change: - Dawn of Systems Leadership (https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_dawn_of_system_leadershi...) -…
on “How to Be a Systems Thinker” ↗…Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows (https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp...) - Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Fieldbook-Strategies...) - Systems Thinking for Social Change (https://www.amazon.com/Systems-Thinking-Social-Change-Conseq...) Articles on Leading Systems Change: - Dawn of Systems Leadership (https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_dawn_of_system_leadershi...) -…
on “Ask HN: Any recommended resources to develop system thinking?” ↗A few off the top of my head: - Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World (This is one I still want to really work through, it's very comprehensive) -Drift into Failure -Systems Thinking For Social Change -The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization
on “Systems Thinking in Practice (2016)” ↗…systems reading if anyone is curious: * Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows * Designing Freedom by Stafford Beer. I also recommend anything by Stafford Beer. * Anything by Christopher Alexander * Systems Thinking For Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results: A new to me book that I haven't read but looks promising.
on “Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023?” ↗