As readers of this newsletter are aware, systems thinking is evolving as an alternative to the old paradigms. Richard Mattessich wrote that “systems thinking is first and foremost a point of view and a methodology arising out of this viewpoint” (, “The systems approach: Its variety of aspects,” Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 33(6), 1982). It is a lens through which you can look at the world. That lens determines what you see and often influences what you do about it.
