noffwillfeedintogroundwatermilesaway,andtheskywill
growclearbytomorrow.alltheseeventsaredistantintimeandace,andyettheyareallcoectedwithinthesamepattern.eachhasaninfluenceontherest,aninfluencethatisusuallyhiddenfromview.youcanonlyunderstandthesystemofaraitormbycontemplatingthewhole,notanyindividualpartofthepattern.
busineandotherhumanendeavorsarealsosystems.they,too,areboundbyinvisiblefabricsofinterrelatedactio,whichoftentakeyearstofullyplayouttheireffectsoneach
other.sincewearepartofthatlaceworkourselves,it'sdoublyhardtoseethewholepatternofchange.itead,wetendtofocusonahotsofisolatedpartsofthesystem,andwonderwhyourdeepestproblemsneverseemtogetsolved.systemsthinkingisaconceptualframework,abodyofknowledgeandtoolsthathasbeendevelopedoverthepastfiftyyears,tomakethefullpatterclearer,andtohelpusseehowtochangethemeffectively.
thoughthetoolsarenew,theunderlyingworldviewisextremelyintuitive;experimentswithyoungchildrenshowthattheylearnsystemsthinkingveryquickly.
itisvitalthatthefivedisciplinesdevelopasaneemble.thisischallengingbecauseitismuchhardertointegratenewtoolsthansimplyalythemseparately.butthepayoffsare
immee.
thisiswhysystemsthinkingisthefifthdiscipline.itisthedisciplinethatintegratesthedisciplines,fusingthemintoacoherentbodyoftheoryandpractice.itkeethemfrombeingseparategimmicksorthelatestorganisationchangefads.withoutasystemicorientation,thereisnomotivationtolookathowthedisciplinesinterrelate.byenhancingeachoftheotherdisciplines,itcontinuallyremindsusthatt

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