PinnedPublished inSystems Thinking Made SimpleA linear thinker, a design thinker and a systems thinker walk into a bar…They talk about the house of the future.Aug 19, 20225.4K84Aug 19, 20225.4K84
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleFive books for the wannabe systems thinker in your lifeAt the beginning of 2024, I launched a mini online course as a very simple and practical introduction to thinking in systems. The course…Dec 12, 20243059Dec 12, 20243059
Zooming out on collaborationIn my previous post, I zoomed in on what it takes to ‘bring the system into a room,’ to achieve fruitful collaboration between multiple…Dec 2, 202414Dec 2, 202414
Published inCollaboratory NotesGet the system into a room!‘If you want to innovate, get the system in a room.’Nov 21, 20249Nov 21, 20249
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleFlamenco, Duende, and the Art of Systems ThinkingOne of the most memorable performances I have ever seen was a dance off between a flamenco dancer and a young hip hop dancer.Nov 15, 2024191Nov 15, 2024191
Thinking beyond the System: can imagination power systems intelligence?Oct 15, 2024159Oct 15, 2024159
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleStories of Emergence‘The only word you need to understand in systems thinking is Emergence.’Oct 2, 2024712Oct 2, 2024712
Introducing the Institute For Systems Intelligence (IFSI)I have been quiet on here lately, as I turned my focus to building my start-up company: the Institute For Systems Intelligence, or IFSI to…Jul 10, 202464Jul 10, 202464
Beyond boundaries: stories of collaborationOnce upon time, not so long ago, in a land not so far away, lived a lot of people in whichever way they wanted. They pursued economic…Jun 21, 20241Jun 21, 20241
Tell me a story!My grandmother was illiterate, but she had an amazing skill. She could turn any situation into a fable, most often involving animal…May 17, 202453May 17, 202453
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleSystems thinking is becoming sexy. Should we be worried?Systems thinking is sexy right now!May 15, 202410May 15, 202410
Thank you Tom, so well articulated: "What’s needed are the emergent properties of these communities…Apr 3, 2024Apr 3, 2024
From systems thinking to systems intelligenceHave you heard the analogy of the boiling frog?Mar 26, 20247Mar 26, 20247
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleSystems Thinking: Mindset Before ToolsetToday is a special day!Feb 22, 20243Feb 22, 20243
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleTo Caracas with loveOver a year ago, I received this message in response to my blog on Medium:Feb 7, 20241Feb 7, 20241
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleD- The Dancer, the systems thinker and the politicianIf you knew me in my twenties, you would definitely know one thing: I was obsessed with flamenco dancing! I was serious about my dancing…Dec 11, 20234Dec 11, 20234
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleC- for Complexity and a story about ColombiaIf you knew that someone had tried to kill you in the past, would you sit in the same room as them?Nov 28, 20232Nov 28, 20232
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleB- From Bath tubs to Beguiling eventsThis article is part of a series: the A to Z of Systems Thinking. Here is an introduction to the series if you missed it.Nov 20, 20231Nov 20, 20231
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleThe A to Z of Systems Thinking: A for ANDI loved Algebra at school. In particular, I loved arithmetic sequences, and practiced them so much that it became easy for me to see a…Nov 10, 20234Nov 10, 20234
Published inSystems Thinking Made SimpleWhat the world needs right now…Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you will have noticed that things are not going so well for us humans these days: wars and…Nov 9, 2023Nov 9, 2023