How to Apply Systems Thinking in Managing a Business
Sam Schreim
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The business world is filled with advice on integrating best practices into your organization. In fact, many consultants make their livelihoods off of teaching organizations to copy techniques that have worked in other organizations. In theory, this sounds like a great idea. However, in actual practice, it is often not.
Best practices are undoubtedly useful principles to consider. However, you need to be able to put them into practice without wondering whether they will actually work in a particular organization or situation. This is an inherent problem. Instead of simply utilizing best practices, organizations should strive to take a systems-level approach to analyzing problems and finding solutions.
Read the full article on Medium to learn why “Systems Thinking” is the only way to manage modern organizations.