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lubieniebieski 's review for:
Thinking in Systems: A Primer
by Donella H. Meadows
It'a a good book to get a general understanding of what Systems Thinking really is.
My key takeaways after reading this book:
* When you create some process/initiative - add a paragraph about the way your thing will evolve over time - what kind of feedback will make it better and what kind of feedback will make it worse. Make a thought experiment in each direction and think of how your system is going to learn over time.
* Most of the time systems are complex :)
* There are a lot of systems traps like Policy resistance, The tragedy of commons, Success to the Successful and the entire chapter about it was my favourite part of this book.
* The most interesting system trap for me was "drift to low performance". TLDR:
1. We tend to believe bad news more than good news
2. We believe our current performance is worse than it actually is
3. We adjust our performance goal based on our perceived current state
4. We adjust our corrective action based on our performance goal
5. Our actual performance gets worse
* Introducing new law and policies in order to fix something might take us in a completely undesired direction. I was aware of that, but after reading this book I feel even more informed about it
My key takeaways after reading this book:
* When you create some process/initiative - add a paragraph about the way your thing will evolve over time - what kind of feedback will make it better and what kind of feedback will make it worse. Make a thought experiment in each direction and think of how your system is going to learn over time.
* Most of the time systems are complex :)
* There are a lot of systems traps like Policy resistance, The tragedy of commons, Success to the Successful and the entire chapter about it was my favourite part of this book.
* The most interesting system trap for me was "drift to low performance". TLDR:
1. We tend to believe bad news more than good news
2. We believe our current performance is worse than it actually is
3. We adjust our performance goal based on our perceived current state
4. We adjust our corrective action based on our performance goal
5. Our actual performance gets worse
* Introducing new law and policies in order to fix something might take us in a completely undesired direction. I was aware of that, but after reading this book I feel even more informed about it