Peter Senge Introduction to Systems Thinking

Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline, Senior lecturer at MIT and Founder of the Society for Organizational Learning shares his perspectives on leadership and systems thinking with IBM.

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[noelhall]

Peter Checkland was strong on HAS, Human Activity Systems.
with Analysis 1, and Analysis 2, the Social and Political.

[stephanborau]

Very elegant explanation of systems thinking.

[asmith]

Awesome video!

Are there any careers in systems thinking?

[kanwalbutt]

Please someone explain this to me....i am nt able to identify the diff between system thinking vs. System dynamics.plz help

[TMStamp]

Does this assume that the concept of a system is always boundless?

[neerusharma]

How to cite this video according to apa guidelines.... someone answer quick pleeaaase

[jannaghaleiw]

I really found his book "the 5th discipline" totally useless, and unnecessary complicated. The best alternative is David Hoyle books about Quality Management Systems.

[archibaldgregory]

I think the family example is a good way to describe system dynamics but not system thinking. It is too localized to really be a great example for the kind of broad thinking that is the essence of systems thinking. Please change my mind. Thank you

By too localized I mean that people themselves are systems. So viewing a family as a system is far too simplistic. He didn’t even mention that systems thinking is a simplistic view of the world. The real world is much more complex than any systems chart or methodology. Sure a family can be viewed as a system but that isn’t where systems thinking flourishes, its where systems thinking is at its weakest.

[Beanbag]

People make money out of talking absolute bollox about anything

[karendalsadik]

No we aren’t all part of a family . This is so old. 64% of Americans are estranged from two or more family members