My journey into systems thinking, and how you can begin yours
Since quite a few new followers have joined me on this page (thank you!), I thought now would be a good time for a quick introduction.
I am Houda, founder of the Institute For Systems Intelligence (IFSI to friends), a budding initiative dedicated to helping everyone benefit from the principles of systems thinking. My background is rooted in healthcare, first from working a cancer research scientist, then a medical communications specialist (you can read more about that here). When I started my systems practice, I found myself naturally gravitating towards systems thinking in healthcare. But then I started to see connections between healthcare and food, climate, politics, education…
Why did I get into systems thinking? How did I learn to apply it? And what would I advise someone who wants to follow a similar path?
It all started with an inside joke…
Back in my molecular biologist days, I attended many conferences and meetings meant to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge and experience. Scientists are highly specialised professionals; a scientist would dedicate years or even decades to studying one part of one tiny molecule, or one tiny part of a…
