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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
Very helpful intro to the topic.
Concise and clear, this book gave me new language to think about work, society, my own behavior, politics, etc.
New ways to think about why things behave the way they do and how we might change or improve them.
I wished there were more in-depth examples shared throughout of how systems thinking might be operationalized in a work or personal setting. But maybe that’s a whole ‘nother book
I also found some of the author’s own political opinions to be so firm & strident that they seemed to contradict her own belief in the complexity and nuance of systems themselves.
Concise and clear, this book gave me new language to think about work, society, my own behavior, politics, etc.
New ways to think about why things behave the way they do and how we might change or improve them.
I wished there were more in-depth examples shared throughout of how systems thinking might be operationalized in a work or personal setting. But maybe that’s a whole ‘nother book
I also found some of the author’s own political opinions to be so firm & strident that they seemed to contradict her own belief in the complexity and nuance of systems themselves.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
From here on out instead of saying "It's not rocket science!" I'm going to say "It's not Thinking in Systems!" This was the most academic book I've read since I graduated college. It's quite dense at first but slowly and surely I saw where Dr. Meadows was headed. Her thoughts on thinking on literally anything in the world as a system - whether it be over fishing or how to fix declining birth rates - is an odd mix of surprisingly obvious and frustratingly difficult. The main thing I took away from this novel is that everything and everyone is truly connected. And not just in a spiritual sense. The literal actions we take as individuals have huge effects on everything in the world. A Systems thinker truly understands this and hopes to use it to make the world a better place.
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Recommended by a friend I met in a professional event, and discussed around Greenlake. I was familiar with many of the concepts but never thought how they would apply to many areas of life.
Gives a good foundation as to how to think problems in terms of systems.
By the author of the best-seller, "Limits to Growth." Meadows offers a plain language explanation of how understanding the world around us in terms of multiple, interacting systems. Why this is important? Because the ability for our cities and society as a whole to make it through natural disasters, energy shortages, fluctuations in the economy and just about anything else that could go wrong, depends on the established systems being able to adjust in a resilient, self-organizing and hierarchical manner.
Anyone wanting to address issues of sustainability should give this book a read.
Anyone wanting to address issues of sustainability should give this book a read.
slow-paced
Read for class. Felt very repetitive after the first few chapters. The ideas may have been influential at the time they were first published, but they all seemed like common sense to me.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced