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This term describes viewing a problem by examining all its interconnected parts rather than isolated components.
Difficulty: Easy- Systems thinking
- Linear thinking
- Reductionism
- Siloed analysis
When you turn up your thermostat and the heater runs until the room reaches the set temperature, then shuts off, this is an example of this type of loop.
Difficulty: Medium- Positive feedback loop
- Negative feedback loop
- Open loop
- Cascade loop
This German sociologist extended autopoiesis to social systems, arguing that society consists of communications that recursively produce more communications.
Difficulty: Hard- Max Weber
- Jürgen Habermas
- Niklas Luhmann
- Anthony Giddens
This common diagram uses arrows to show how different elements in a system influence and connect to each other.
Difficulty: Easy- Causal loop diagram
- Pie chart
- Scatter plot
- Histogram
When your body shivers to warm up when cold or sweats to cool down when hot, this is an example of this self-regulating process.
Difficulty: Medium- Amplification
- Positive feedback
- Runaway growth
- Homeostasis
This concept from Stuart Kauffman describes the boundary between order and chaos where complex adaptive systems are most computationally powerful and evolvable.
Difficulty: Hard- Deep equilibrium
- The adjacent possible
- Frozen state
- Random chaos
When a microphone gets too close to a speaker and creates a loud screech that keeps getting louder, this demonstrates this type of loop.
Difficulty: Easy- Negative feedback loop
- Balanced loop
- Dampening loop
- Positive feedback loop
This scientist developed System Dynamics at MIT in the 1950s and applied it to industrial, urban, and world problems.
Difficulty: Medium- Donella Meadows
- Peter Senge
- Jay Forrester
- Russell Ackoff
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