Systems Practice

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1. jeffcmohrApr 2018
   There's actually a lot of great material available, here are a few of my favorites:

   Articles:

   - Introduction to Systems Thinking (https://thesystemsthinker.com/introduction-to-systems-thinki...)

   - Tools of a Systems Thinker (https://medium.com/disruptive-design/tools-for-systems-think...)

   - The Mythical Leverage Point (https://blog.kumu.io/the-mythical-leverage-point-d582ce4b8b4...)

   Videos:

   - Peter Senge Introduction to Systems Thinking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXdzKBWDraM)

   - I Used To Be A Systems Thinker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ymt_TbNNwE)

   - The (Failed) Promised of Systems Thinking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=614&v=aelqgvFXGi...)

   - Systems Practice Mindsets (https://vimeo.com/212281432)

   Courses:

   - +Acumen Systems Practice Course (https://www.plusacumen.org/courses/systems-practice)

   Books:

   - Thinking In Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows (https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp...)

   - Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Fieldbook-Strategies...)

   - Systems Thinking for Social Change (https://www.amazon.com/Systems-Thinking-Social-Change-Conseq...)

   Articles on Leading Systems Change:

   - Dawn of Systems Leadership (https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_dawn_of_system_leadershi...)

   - Acting and Thinking Systemically (https://thesystemsthinker.com/acting-and-thinking-systemical...)

   - Transforming the Systems Movement (https://thesystemsthinker.com/transforming-the-systems-movem...)

   Relevant Tools and Websites:

   - Kumu (https://kumu.io) - Web-based tool for building interactive system maps.

   - The Systems Thinker (https://thesystemsthinker.com/) - Complete library of all "The Systems Thinker" publications over the past 30 years

   (Disclosure: I'm a cofounder of Kumu)

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2. petercooperJan 2014
   I'm currently doing a course on systems thinking for an MSc in software engineering and our main text book is Systems Practice: How to Act in a Climate-Change World by Ray Ison. Oddly it has almost nothing to do with climate change but I'm finding it a pretty good primer to systemic inquiry and the terminology involved.

   I'm also finding learning about systems practice is making a huge impact on how I consider my work and my role within it. My goal in taking the MSc was to eventually become a "real" engineer and I'm finding systems to be a hugely important first step with that.

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3. codecurveApr 2018
   There are actually a lot of great materials available on Systems Thinking, here are a few of our favourites:

   Articles:

   - Introduction to Systems Thinking (https://thesystemsthinker.com/introduction-to-systems-thinki...)

   - Tools of a Systems Thinker (https://medium.com/disruptive-design/tools-for-systems-think...)

   - The Mythical Leverage Point (https://blog.kumu.io/the-mythical-leverage-point-d582ce4b8b4...)

   Videos:

   - Peter Senge Introduction to Systems Thinking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXdzKBWDraM)

   - I Used To Be A Systems Thinker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ymt_TbNNwE)

   - The (Failed) Promised of Systems Thinking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=614&v=aelqgvFXGi...)

   - Systems Practice Mindsets (https://vimeo.com/212281432)

   Courses:

   - +Acumen Systems Practice Course (https://www.plusacumen.org/courses/systems-practice)

   Books:

   - Thinking In Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows (https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp...)

   - Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Discipline-Fieldbook-Strategies...)

   - Systems Thinking for Social Change (https://www.amazon.com/Systems-Thinking-Social-Change-Conseq...)

   Articles on Leading Systems Change:

   - Dawn of Systems Leadership (https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_dawn_of_system_leadershi...)

   - Acting and Thinking Systemically (https://thesystemsthinker.com/acting-and-thinking-systemical...)

   - Transforming the Systems Movement (https://thesystemsthinker.com/transforming-the-systems-movem...)

   Relevant Tools and Websites:

   - Kumu (https://kumu.io) - Web-based tool for building interactive system maps.

   - The Systems Thinker (https://thesystemsthinker.com/) - Complete library of all "The Systems Thinker" publications over the past 30 years

   - Loopy (http://ncase.me/loopy/) - An playground for building interactive systems maps.

   (Disclosure: I'm a Developer at Kumu)

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