John Dicus wrote in part...
>Systems thinking is just that -- thinking systemically. Both consciously
>and subconsciously. To me, it's learning/recovering the ability to be
>systemically intuitive. It give you choices. If nearly 85% of what we do
>each day comes from that deep "autopilot" place inside of us, how much
>trouble can we keep ourselves out of (fewer unintended consequences) if we
>instinctively think and act systemically?
John is careful to say "systemically" not "systematically" when he refers
to systems thinking. That is an important difference that far too few
people note. John's reference to "deep 'autopilot'" reminds me of the
concept of "trained intuition" set forth by Richard Weil in his book, The
Art of Practical Thinking. Weil's book was written in 1940 and is long
since out of print, however, if like me you make a habit of prowling used
book stores, you can still find copies. I was so impressed by Weil's book
that I wrote a reprise of Chapter Six and published it in Performance &
Instruction, the Journal of the National Society for Performance &
Instruction (now the International Society for Performance Improvement).
I've put a copy of that reprise of Chapter Six from Weil's book at the
following URL. Look for the link titled "General Rules for Better
Thinking."
htt://home.att.net/~nickols/articles.htm
Regards,
Fred Nickols
The Distance Consulting Company
nickols@worldnet.att.net
http://home.att.net/~nickols/distance.htm
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