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Systems
Thinking
With Kambiz Maani
Two-Day Course Outline
This course will cover the following topics in an interactive,
participatory style. Participants will work in small teams.
DAY 1
Welcome
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Why
do we think the way we do? The origins of modern thinking
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What
is a system and what is not? Systems and non-systems |
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Why
do I/we need a new paradigm? |
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What
is complexity and how to understand it? |
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How
do we make sense of the world? Four Levels of Thinking
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Why
organizations fail? Patterns and systemic structures |
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Why
Systems Thinking is critical to leadership and organizations?
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Morning Break
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Learning
the Systems Thinking Language |
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What
is a Circle of Influence? How to construct a Circle of
Influence? |
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How
to predict cycles of growth, decline and stability? |
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What
can your organisation from a thermostat? |
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Reinforcing
and Counteracting forces |
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How
to identify and reverse vicious cycles? |
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Learning
activity |
Lunch Break
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What do dot.coms
and your dieting problems have in common? |
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Understanding
generic structures? |
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Quality and
Healthcare: the Ministry of Health case? |
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Learning activity
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Afternoon Break
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Leverage
vs. Problem-solving |
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Why
over-intervention is counterproductive? The perils of
decision delay |
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Hanover
Insurance Case |
Close
Day 2
Welcome to Day 2
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Modelling
strategic issues at your organisation |
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(During
this session participants will be working in small groups
on selected strategic issues) |
Morning Break
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Modelling
strategic issues … continues |
Lunch Break
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Sharing
and debrief of strategic issues modelling |
Afternoon Break
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Demonstration
of Management Learning Lab |
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How can organizations
learn? Systems Thinking and Organizational Learning |
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How to harmonise
divergent Mental Models through Dialogue |
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Top down vs.
Emergent shared vision |
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How to nurture
Systems Thinking at your organisation? |
Close
For Seminars and specialized courses,
please contact us at seminars@sys-think.com
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