Connecting dots. 👀
Seeing the pattern.
Articulating impact and consequences of each chess move to create understanding.
Which drives the right conversations about how to move things forward.
#SystemsThinking is a skill that serves architects and project managers.
It can be incredibly frustrating when you’re the only systems thinker in a team or organisation. 😓
But when people around you get that
Everything is Connected…
It feels like we can move mountains. ⛰️
🍩 What happens when we introduce this change?
🍩 Who is impacted?
🍩 What’s the psychological, social, financial, physical cost?
🍩 Is it justified?
🍩 How do we achieve our goals without compromising our values?
🍩 Who/what else could be affected?
🍩 What about second and third degree of Kevin Bacon?
🍩 Today? Next year? Next 10 years?
And on and on and on.
Like every skill, practicing will grow that muscle. 💪
To #GetGood, just keep practicing.
Ask questions.
Probe deeper.
Seek more insights and peel the layers until you get the right answers.
That’s the skill of #RealProjectManagers and #TrueArchitects and #WickedProblemSolvers.
Sadly it’s not so helpful when you are parenting hulking grumbling teenagers. 😅