Solving Complex Problems with Systems Thinking

I have distilled the best of what I've taught over the years to you in this course...for *free*. No catch. My goal is to ensure that everyone can be fearless when facing life’s chaos. Remember, it’s not about how much you learn in our information overload world, but identifying and focusing on the right things to constantly improve your life. Mind Maps and Strategic Thinking are essential tools to help you cut through the noise and future-proof yourself.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Everything can be broken down
1:18 - Triple Layer Framework
5:33 - Latticework of models
6:07 - Companies as systems
17:46 - People as systems

Sheng is a former tech strategist and a full-time decision-making consultant. Drawing from mind mapping, 1st principles, and practical business experience, he creates frameworks that help thousands of people and companies make informed decisions and refine their purpose. He founded Mind Map Nation, a mastermind group of lifelong learners dedicated to becoming creative critical thinkers and confident decision makers in a world that's increasingly chaotic and noisy.

[chillieverity]

omgosh this is incredible! you're amazing! I've never come across systems thinking, and always saw the world in a linear flow. Somehow my mind didn't like it, and it always wanted to think in systems, but quickly got overwhelmed because of how complex the mind maps looked. The 3 layers you've outlined really helps, as it allows some form of organisation and allows an entire branch to 'collapse' if it's not currently the focus of the conversation, and allows the overwhelmed-paniced me to say to myself "no! it's NOT complicated. it's neatly tiered."

I feel like i'm taking part in a massive mental upgrade from one operating system to another after encountering this video, will keep you posted as to how it goes!
Thank you so much! God bless ya Sheng!

[hjtbndu]

This video was a great intro to the rest of your videos about mindmaps and systems thinking. I was doing the whole process of mindmapping personal relationships subconsciously without knowing it had a term for it. One of the most valuable channels I've stumbled across truly.

[beachbumis]

In the 90's I attended a Covey seminar and was hooked on First Things First. Through the years I learned Mind Mapping, Kanban and a few other organization models. Glad YouTube suggested your videos to me, great content!

So glad to see you got more subscribers here. I started to follow you with 500 subscribers. At that moment I thought that you deserve more as a creator. Great video, great job 👍. Wish you to hit 100K today next year

[rcbturbine]

Super high level and incredible. Saved to watch again. Thank you. System thinking about complex things.

[systemsthinkingalliance]

Good job, Sheng in bringing such a an important topic to light

[nathanstankowski]

Great video, you're best i've seen. Tight editing and keeps moving. Some critical feedback: text on the bottom of the screen: keep it to the center 1/3 of the screen, pick a font size and stick with it, and it's too bold, consider lowercase.

[stebrune]

Incredible video. If possible I would like to see a deep-dive into the business and strategy part, and how you approach and build deep relationships

[Trollsonn]

Can you make a video on this when it comes to college, like learning with this system?

[nati__]

thank you for talking about this! I took a systems thinking course at school and couldn't believe I'd never had it introduced in a classroom until college

[bigsquez]

Can you please do a mind map on government and work programs such as UBI, 32-34 hour work week, etc?