Systems Thinking

Agile Thinking in Innovation Projects

Innovation is not dependent on agile thinking when the innovation is incremental or represents an addition to an existing product/ service. Although there are exceptions, incremental innovations do not need a complex or systems level understanding of the product/…

Systems Thinking in Leadership Innovation

Systems thinking advanced on earlier models of thought about how structures interact and how to influence them. Historical leaders models have been criticized for being overly linear and deterministic. Unable to adequately predict or explain what leaders were facing, many leaders…

Systems Thinking Opportunities for Innovation

Systems complexity results from the interdependence of its parts. Each part of the system has the ability to impact and ease change across, and within, other areas of the system. The result is that the impact of one action, or choice, on the system…

A System’s Thinking Approach to Volunteer Management (Book)

Developing a volunteer management ecosystem requires a systems thinking approach. The benefits of taking a systems approach are twofold: A system’s thinking approach supports the leadership team to harness the opportunities…

A Cross Systems Planning Model

Effective execution of cross systems planning initiatives requires an ability to leverage unanticipated opportunities. It also requires the ability to thoughtfully respond to, and navigate through, the complex terrain that makes up most corporate and human systems. The…