Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows · Audiobook preview

Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Authored by Donella Meadows
Narrated by Tia Rider

0:00 Intro
0:03 Thinking in Systems: A Primer
0:22 A Note from the Author
3:24 A Note from the Editor
9:54 Epigraph
10:25 Introduction: The Systems Lens
15:03 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet— Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.

Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute’s Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life.

Some of the biggest problems facing the world—war, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation—are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of too-narrow thinking.

While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner.

In a world growing ever more complicated, crowded, and interdependent, Thinking in Systems helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

Language: English
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published on: July 19, 2018
ISBN: 9781603588478
Duration: 6 hr, 26 min
Genres: Business & Economics / Management, Business & Economics / Organizational Behavior, Science / System Theory