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Introduction to Systems Thinking for Early Childhood Leaders
CEELO Leadership Academy
New Orleans, LA June 3, 2015
Facilitator:
Tracy Benson Ed.D. President/CEO
Waters Foundation Systems Thinking Group [email protected]
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Seeks to understand the big picture
Observes how elements within systems change over time,
generating patterns and trends
Recognizes that a system’s structure generates its behavior
Considers an issue fully and resists the urge to come to a
quick conclusion
Surfaces and tests assumptions
Makes meaningful connections within and
between systems
Checks results and changes actions if needed:
“successive approximation”
Recognizes the impact of time delays when exploring cause
and effect relationships
Pays attention to accumulations and their rates
of change
Considers short-term, long-term and unintended consequences of actions
Uses understanding of system structure to identify possible
leverage actions
Considers how mental models affect current reality
and the future
Identifies the circular nature of complex cause and effect relationships
Changes perspectives to increase understanding
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Events
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Behavior)Over)Time-Graphs:-What-is-changing-over-time?---How-are-the-essential-elements-changing?- Some sample questions to ask when identifying parts of a system that change over time:
• What important elements have changed over time? • How has __________ changed over time? • During what period of time have the changes occurred? • Where on the y-axis should the graph start and why? • How would you label the bottom/middle/top of the y-axis? • What evidence supports the graph being created?
Questions to consider once BOTGs have been created: • What caused any changes in direction or slope? • How are interpretations of a graphed element the same or different? • What changes may happen in the future based on what has been happening? • Do you see any connections (interdependencies or causal relationships) between/among graphs?
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Habits of a Systems Thinker
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