Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 468 views

    The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook

    Uploaded by

    loish12345
    The document discusses 11 principles of systems thinking that are important for building a learning organization: 1. Today's solutions can create new problems by not considering unintended consequences. 2. Pushing too hard on a system will cause the system to push back even harder. 3. Short-term solutions may provide temporary improvements but do not address underlying issues that will cause problems to get worse over time. Understanding systems thinking is essential for transforming business processes in an organization.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook

    Uploaded by

    loish12345
    468 views2 pages
    The document discusses 11 principles of systems thinking that are important for building a learning organization: 1. Today's solutions can create new problems by not considering unintended consequences. 2. Pushing too hard on a system will cause the system to push back even harder. 3. Short-term solutions may provide temporary improvements but do not address underlying issues that will cause problems to get worse over time. Understanding systems thinking is essential for transforming business processes in an organization.

    Original Description:

    Workings

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document discusses 11 principles of systems thinking that are important for building a learning organization: 1. Today's solutions can create new problems by not considering unintended consequences. 2. Pushing too hard on a system will cause the system to push back even harder. 3. Short-term solutions may provide temporary improvements but do not address underlying issues that will cause problems to get worse over time. Understanding systems thinking is essential for transforming business processes in an organization.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    468 views2 pages

    The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook

    Uploaded by

    loish12345
    The document discusses 11 principles of systems thinking that are important for building a learning organization: 1. Today's solutions can create new problems by not considering unintended consequences. 2. Pushing too hard on a system will cause the system to push back even harder. 3. Short-term solutions may provide temporary improvements but do not address underlying issues that will cause problems to get worse over time. Understanding systems thinking is essential for transforming business processes in an organization.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 2

    The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization

    1. Today's problems come from yesterday's solutions.

    Leaders are happy to solve problems, but don't always think about intended and
    unintended consequences. Too often our solutions strike back to create new
    problems.

    2. The harder you push, the harder the system pushes back.

    Humans have a stubborn tendency to bully our way through tough situations
    when things are not working out as we would hope. We charge ahead without
    taking time to think through solutions to find better alternatives. Sometimes we
    solve problems; more often, especially in the current environment, we find
    ourselves up to our ears in more problems.

    3. Behavior grows better before it grows worse.

    Short-term solutions give temporary improvement at best but never eliminate


    fundamental issues and problems. These underlying problems will make the
    situation worse in the long run.

    4. The easy way out leads back in.

    Leaders often have a few quick fixes in their "quiver" of solutions that have
    brought quick and easy success in the past. Too often, the easy way out is
    retrofitting these fixes to any situation without regard to the unique contexts,
    people and timing.

    5. The cure can be worse than the disease.

    Often, the easy and familiar solution is not only ineffective but addictive and
    dangerous. It might even induce dependency.

    6. Faster is slower.

    At the first taste of success, it is tempting to advance at full speed without


    caution. Remember that the optimal rate of growth or change is far slower than
    the fastest growth or change that is possible.

    7. Cause and effect are not always closely related in time and space.

    We are good at finding causes, even if they are just symptoms unrelated to root
    causes.
    8. Small changes can produce big results -- but the areas of highest
    leverage are often the least obvious.

    The most grand and splashy solutions -- like changing organization policy, vision,
    branding or tagline -- seldom work for transforming change. Small, ordinary but
    consistent and repetitive changes can make a huge difference.

    9. You can have your cake and eat it too -- but not all at once.

    Rigid "either-or" choices are not uncommon. Remember that this is not a
    dilemma if we change our perspective or the "rules" of the system.

    10. Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.

    As a leader, you can fail to see the system as a whole at your peril. This flaw in
    perception and vision often leads to suboptimal decisions, repeated tasks, lost
    time and energy, and maybe even losing followers.

    11. There is no blame.

    People and organizations like to blame, point fingers and raise suspicions about
    events, situations, problems, errors and mistakes. Sometimes we even believe
    the blame we throw around. In reality, we and the cause of events, situations,
    problems, errors and mistakes are part of the system.

    Understanding systems thinking and principles is essential to transforming


    business processes in a organization.

    You might also like