Level-up Engineering Leadership and Systems Thinking: Clear Sight for Complex Decisions
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Oct 6, 2021 AI Snips
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Emergence Complements Reductionism
- Systems thinking complements reductionist scientific thinking by focusing on emergent behavior that parts alone don't exhibit.
- It helps leaders take a holistic view when cause-and-effect reduction fails in complex systems.
Team Performance Is Emergent
- Pat describes teams as systems where performance emerges from interactions, not interchangeable parts.
- He recalls teams that felt like a collection of individuals versus teams that worked with trust and shared norms.
Draw Boundaries And Accept Constraints
- Map the elements and boundaries of a system and identify which parts you can influence and which are external constraints.
- Treat uncontrollable elements as constraints while iterating on what your team can change.