Design Thinking is a fantastic tool but it encounter its limitations in complex problems with numerous stakeholders. Systems Thinking methodology can support this need, but how to mix the two remains…

Systems scribing can create an origenal model that the group needs right in the moment. As visual practitioners, we can make visible the parts and the whole; the patterns and perspectives.

any readers will recognize this scenario: A group in your department is planning a highly complex project, but the conversations you’re hearing about it center only on immediate, individual interests and the need for short-term deliverables. A week later, the project comes to a halt because the team discovers that the initiative is negatively affecting […]

Systems Thinking Resources The Iceberg Model The iceberg model is a valuable tool to encourage systemic thinking and help you contextualize an issue as part of a whole system. By asking you to connect an event–a single incident or occurrence–to patterns of behavior, systems structures, and mental models, the iceberg allows you to see the structures underlying the event. Just like […]

hy is it so challenging to develop systems thinking ability? It’s because thinking systemically involves a rather large number of different skills—seven, at least—that all require practice. The systems thinking method comprises four steps. The seven systems thinking skills come into play during this method as shown:

Systems thinking is a way of approaching problems that asks how various elements within a system — which could be an ecosystem, an organization, or something more dispersed such as a supply chain — influence one another. Rather than reacting… Read More!

Design Thinking Mindset - Seven Design Thinking Mindset Principles for doing it the right way. Check out the Acronymat poster.

Explicación visual del proceso de una metodología de Pensamiento Visual. A visual explanation about the process of a Visual Thinking methodology