Strategic & Systems Thinking

I. Overview Science and Age of Systems Thinking * Thinking and Critical Issues * Paradigm Shifts Where Is It Occurring? * Strategic Thinking Defined and Contrasted * Analytic vs. Systems Thinking II. Systems Thinking Basics Core Technologies * 12 Characteristics of General Systems Theory and Our ABCs * Some Properties and Principles of Systems * Primary Systems Questions III. Hierarchy of Living Systems * The "Big Four Systems" Levels and Their Collision/Collaborations * Six Natural Rings of Reality * Cascade of Change IV. The ABCs of Strategic Management * Five A B C D E Phases and their Many, Many Applications * The Model of an "Organization as a System" V. Historical Cycles of Change and Learning * Cycles and the Rollercoaster of ChangeTM * The Iceberg Theory of Change and Structures VI. Summary of Strategic and Systems Thinking * Strategic Management System and Enterprise-Wide ChangeTM * A New Language and Culture of Simplicity VII. Plan-to-Plan Process Tailor To Your Needs * Big 3 Enterprise-Wide Failure Issues * Players of Change * Tailoring To Your Needs * Next Steps/Action Plan