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How can systems thinking help you optimize your career path?

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Systems thinking is a way of looking at the world as a complex web of interrelated parts, rather than as isolated entities or linear sequences. It can help you optimize your career path by enabling you to identify patterns, leverage feedback loops, and design solutions that align with your goals and values. In this article, you will learn how to apply some key concepts and tools of systems thinking to your own career development.

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1 What is systems thinking?

Systems thinking is a mindset and a skill that involves seeing the bigger picture, understanding how things are connected, and anticipating the consequences of actions. It can help you avoid oversimplifying problems, jumping to conclusions, or ignoring unintended effects. Systems thinking can also help you recognize opportunities, synergies, and trade-offs that may not be obvious at first glance.

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We often imagine that our professional competency is the only valid factor in navigating a career path; however that is a na?ve, sophomoric view that readily leads to disappointment, frustration and a sense of personal failure. A “career path” is really a set of potentials, available trajectories within a larger system. Without comprehending the system that one is engaged in, one cannot make effective decisions within that system. That system will involve all aspects of human endeavor~ from social and personality factors; to aspects of age, race and gender; to changes that occur over time in one’s field and market ?Know yourself, and know your system, and in 100 “battles” you will not be defeated…?

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Oluwagbenga Abiola Olawuni

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One thing I have found helpful is anticipating the consequences of human error or inadequacy when it comes to system optimization. This will enable precautionary measures to avoid such problems because no system works hundred percent with human involvement.

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2 How to use systems thinking for career planning?

One way to use systems thinking for career planning is to create a personal vision statement that reflects your purpose, passion, and values. This can help you define what success means to you, and what kind of impact you want to have on the world. Then, you can use a tool called a causal loop diagram to map out the factors that influence your career outcomes, such as your skills, network, environment, and motivation. A causal loop diagram can help you identify the positive and negative feedback loops that reinforce or counteract your vision, and the leverage points where you can intervene to improve your situation.

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Oluwagbenga Abiola Olawuni

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System thinking in planning career would help in self development and improvement in order to stay relevant in the career, and also, overcome challenges that might arise during the cause of the career, thereby motivating one not to give up.

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3 How to use systems thinking for career growth?

Another way to use systems thinking for career growth is to adopt a learning orientation that embraces feedback, experimentation, and reflection. This can help you develop a growth mindset that views challenges as opportunities to learn and improve, rather than as threats or failures. You can also use a tool called a stock and flow diagram to monitor your progress and performance, and to adjust your actions accordingly. A stock and flow diagram can help you visualize the dynamic relationships between the inputs and outputs of your career system, such as your knowledge, experience, reputation, and income.

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Oluwagbenga Abiola Olawuni

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System thinking can be used for career growth when you celebrate small wins and embrace challenges as an opportunity to learn and grow. Likewise, system think would prepare you to visualize a potential problem and possible solutions.

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Growth requires that we change to how we approach our career growth. Are you feeling stuck? How does stuck look like right now? It could be anything from dreading Mondays to your boss. When do you feel stuck the most? During presentations? Staff meetings? Project delivery? Are any of the parts connected? Does your boss influence your participation or lack of it at a meeting? Do you struggle with your own capacity to deliver? And Finally, what do you know and value about yourself? Do you believe that you cannot thrive in this organisation with the current boss? Or with non improved skill set? When you know this, then you create a path to change and grow. Find what drives you and then create the environment at your workplace or grow out.

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4 How to use systems thinking for career change?

A third way to use systems thinking for career change is to explore different scenarios and alternatives that match your vision and values. This can help you discover new possibilities, test your assumptions, and evaluate the risks and benefits of different options. You can also use a tool called a system dynamics model to simulate the behavior and outcomes of your career system under different conditions and interventions. A system dynamics model can help you anticipate the short-term and long-term effects of your decisions, and to identify the best strategies to achieve your desired results.

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Oluwagbenga Abiola Olawuni

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As system thinking helps in career growth, it will open you up to better opportunities that match your career goals (short term and long term goals) and possible risks or threats involved for the career change.

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5 How to use systems thinking for career satisfaction?

A final way to use systems thinking for career satisfaction is to cultivate a sense of gratitude, appreciation, and contribution. This can help you enjoy the journey, not just the destination, and to recognize the value and meaning of your work. You can also use a tool called a system archetype to understand the common patterns and pitfalls that affect your career system, such as limits to growth, shifting the burden, or tragedy of the commons. A system archetype can help you avoid or overcome the systemic problems that may hinder your happiness and fulfillment.

Systems thinking can help you optimize your career path by giving you a holistic and dynamic perspective on your work and life. By applying the concepts and tools of systems thinking, you can design your career system to align with your vision, values, and goals, and to adapt to the changing environment and circumstances. You can also use systems thinking to enhance your learning, growth, change, and satisfaction in your career.

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