SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND OBSERVES HOW ELEMENTS WITHIN … · recognizes the impact of time delayssystems...

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RECOGNIZES THE IMPACT OF TIME DELAYS WHEN EXPLORING CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE OBSERVES HOW ELEMENTS WITHIN SYSTEMS CHANGE OVER TIME, GENERATING PATTERNS AND TRENDS IDENTIFIES THE CIRCULAR NATURE OF COMPLEX CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS CONSIDERS HOW MENTAL MODELS AFFECT CURRENT REALITY AND THE FUTURE CONSIDERS AN ISSUE FULLY AND RESISTS THE URGE TO COME TO A QUICK CONCLUSION USES UNDERSTANDING OF SYSTEM STRUCTURE TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE LEVERAGE ACTIONS RECOGNIZES THAT A SYSTEM'S STRUCTURE GENERATES ITS BEHAVIOR CONSIDERS SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF ACTIONS CHECKS RESULTS AND CHANGES ACTIONS IF NEEDED: “SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION” SURFACES AND TESTS ASSUMPTIONS CHANGES PERSPECTIVES TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING PAYS ATTENTION TO ACCUMULATIONS AND THEIR RATES OF CHANGE MAKES MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITHIN AND BETWEEN SYSTEMS © 2020 Waters Center for Systems Thinking Waters Center For Systems Thinking WatersCenterST.org brought to you by SYSTEMS T H I N K E R This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.

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RECOGNIZES THE IMPACT OFTIME DELAYS WHEN EXPLORING

CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIPSSEEKS TO UNDERSTAND

THE BIG PICTURE OBSERVES HOW ELEMENTS WITHIN

SYSTEMS CHANGE OVER TIME,GENERATING PATTERNS AND TRENDS

IDENTIFIES THE CIRCULAR NATUREOF COMPLEX CAUSE ANDEFFECT RELATIONSHIPS

CONSIDERS HOW MENTAL MODELS AFFECTCURRENT REALITY AND THE FUTURE

CONSIDERS AN ISSUE FULLYAND RESISTS THE URGE TO COME

TO A QUICK CONCLUSION

USES UNDERSTANDING OF SYSTEMSTRUCTURE TO IDENTIFY

POSSIBLE LEVERAGE ACTIONSRECOGNIZES THAT A SYSTEM'S

STRUCTURE GENERATES ITS BEHAVIORCONSIDERS SHORT-TERM,

LONG-TERM AND UNINTENDEDCONSEQUENCES OF ACTIONS

CHECKS RESULTS AND CHANGESACTIONS IF NEEDED:

“SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION” SURFACES AND TESTS ASSUMPTIONS

CHANGES PERSPECTIVES TOINCREASE UNDERSTANDING

PAYS ATTENTION TO ACCUMULATIONSAND THEIR RATES OF CHANGE

MAKES MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONSWITHIN AND BETWEEN SYSTEMS

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.