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Date: Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:51 PM<br>Subject: On harping on, growing wings and Systems Thinking<br>To: <a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><div><table style="background-color: rgb(221, 234, 242);" width="100%" bgcolor="#ddeaf2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Michel,</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">The fifth of Peter Senge's disciplines was Systems Thinking. (I know you knew that). They say <i>The Fifth Discipline</i> sold more than a million copies. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">Triarchy authors John Seddon, Russ Ackoff, Bill Tate, Sally Bibb and Graham Leicester </span></span><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">all </span></span><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">harp on about Systems Thinking.</span></span> <i>(Phrasal credentials: Shakespeare used the expression 'harp on' in <b>Hamlet</b>.)</i>
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">The result? A lot of people know Systems Thinking is a good thing but not many actually know how to <u>do</u> it. Which may be why we often get asked to recommend a <u>practical guide</u> to Systems Thinking. Now we can.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosalind Armson is a respected and experienced teacher of Systems Thinking. In her new book, <a href="http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Growing_Wings_on_the_Way.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important;" target="_blank"></i></b><b><i>Growing Wings on the Way: Systems Thinking in Messy Situations</a>, she</span></span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt;"> weaves together the professional and the personal benefits of being able to 'systems think' with her own case studies. Then she sets out t</span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt;">he techniques that work best </span><span style="font-size: 8.5pt;"> in approaching 'messes'</span> (with rules and practical advice on each one):</div>
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Escaping Mental Traps <i>(History, Habit and Action Traps, Double Binds, Value Rigidity)</i>
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Diagnosing with Multiple-Cause Diagrams</li>
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Drawing and using Rich Pictures and Influence Diagrams</li>
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Understanding messes with Systems Maps</li>
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Building Human-Activity System Diagrams</li>
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The 5Es (Efficacy, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Elegance, Ethics)</li>
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Viewing messes through an Understandascope</li>
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<span style="font-size: 11px;">If you've ever had to face a mess (from running a national health service to a departmental reorganisation, a company merger or caring for your elderly mother) this book has everything you need to unravel it.</span>
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Whether you�re new to Systems Thinking or an old hand, the book helps you work with your own messy situations. It�s aimed at managers, team leaders, strategists, policy makers, students and people with mothers.</p>
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<a href="http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Growing_Wings_on_the_Way.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important;" target="_blank"></b></i><i><b>Growing Wings is published this month. Order a copy now and save �5.</a></p>
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Thanks for reading,</p>
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Michelle Smith</p>
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PS The title? <span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;">In <i>Catch-22 </i>Yossarian says, <b><i>"</i></b></span></span>We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down". This book says we can acquire Systems Thinking skills best by actually <i>using</i> them.</p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12px;">About Triarchy Press</span></b></p>
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<b><a href="http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Growing_Wings_on_the_Way.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important;" target="_blank"><img src="" style="width: 159px; min-height: 228px; margin: 0px; border: 0px solid transparent;" height="228" width="159"></a></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><b> </b></span></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(184, 27, 6);"><i>�</i></span><span style="color: rgb(184, 27, 6);"><i>A Systems Thinking primer!� This easy-to-read book makes systems theory accessible to those who do not have time for intensive study but need help in structuring and solving complex problems� A resource masterpiece!�</i></span></p>
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Rosalind Armson was, until last month, Senior Lecturer in Systems at the Open University. She has had a key role in Systems teaching and research in the UK and internationally and is widely respected for her grasp of the subject and her ability to communicate it.</p>
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As an independent consultant she has worked with banks, development agencies, energy providers, the voluntary sector, governments, health-care practitioners and many others.</p>
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She has delivered Systems Thinking workshops in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UAE, South Africa and Europe.</p>
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<a href="http://www.triarchypress.com/pages/Growing_Wings_on_the_Way.htm" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255) ! important;" target="_blank"></b></i><i><b>Growing Wings is published this month. Order now and save �5.</a></p>
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