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“The best way to treat a problem is seldom where the problem appears” – a case study of solving problems in a complex system from Russell Ackoff

48:55 to 1:04:15 is insightful, nuanced, and heavily emphasises the human parts of a business system. In short, it is worth your time.

See also:

Russell Ackoff on Systems Thinking and improving system performance
Systems: complicated and complex – Aaron Dignan
Towards solving difficult problems in complex systems
Donella Meadows on systems thinking: elements, interconnections, purposes
Systems thinking: Peter Senge on the limits of learning from experience
The Wizards (2): Harold Abelson on controlling complexity and real vs idealised systems
Systems thinking: Gall’s Law
Building systems, questioning statistics, finding things out, decline and fall
Rob Ricigliano on the murky unpredictability of complex systems
Resource: Seth Godin on Systems Thinking

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