theWay of Systems


This article describes a foundation for understanding fundamental principles, with supporting information, toward the development of strategies to address situations. Program directors and management teams solving programmatic issues can use this resource. Not just any strategies, but strategies which have a very high probability of working when systems thinking concepts are applied.

theWay of Systems theWay is an effectiveness enhancement facility. theWay does not purport to provide answers. theWay provides access to fundamental principles, with supporting information, to develop understanding to support the development of strategies to address situations. Not just any strategies, but strategies which have a very high probability of working when applied. To employ theWay an understanding of Systems and Systems Thinking is essential, as well as how we formulate questions influences the answers we develop. The overall structure or architecture of theWay is built on relationships between system archetypes. Simply begin at the center and work outward as the descriptions are appropriate to the situation you are considering.

theWay of Systems. Bellinger, Gene. Systems-thinking.org. n.d. English.