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Systems thinking can help us solve everyday and wicked problems, increase our personal effectiveness as human beings, and transform our organizations. This book is for anyone interested in learning the foundational ideas of systems thinking. SIMPLE RULES OF SYSTEMS THINKING Systems Thinking Made Simple doesn't mean that we're going to…

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What I love about this book is Derek and Laura’s passion for systems thinking comes across so clearly and they give the reader hope for wrestling with complex problems. Their DSRP logic is a brilliant resource I use all the time.

As citizens, we face incredible, complex systemic challenges, and the Cabreras give us hope and the tools and language to wrestle with these challenges.

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