We live as systems in a world of systems, and to understand what's happening, skills in systems thinking are necessary – as discussed in the book by Joseph O'Connor and Ian McDermott
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September 2020
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The thinking we are accustomed to does not work when we have to deal with systems because it tends to see the action of simple, localized in space and time cause-and-effect relationships everywhere.
The behavior of a system depends not on the nature and properties of the parts, but on how these parts are connected.
Where there is stability, there is resistance to change; they are like two sides of a coin.
The presence of feedback is an integral characteristic of systems: if there is no feedback, then there is no system.
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April 24, 2026
