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Work The System

Getting the Systems Mindset and helping your team get-it too

Feb 6, 2017
Exploring the systems mindset and its practical application in business. Importance of involving frontline staff in creating procedures. The value of adding FAQs to forms. Starting with simple systems and gradually adopting the systems mindset.
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Quick takeaways

  • The systems mindset allows us to analyze our lives from an outside perspective, trace problems back to specific systems, and make improvements.
  • Gaining buy-in from the team by involving them in the creation of workplace procedures promotes engagement, productivity, and a culture that embraces continuous improvement.

Deep dives

Understanding the Systems Mindset

The systems mindset is the ability to recognize that life is a collection of systems that evolve over time. It's about understanding that everything around us, from washing clothes to relationships, follows a step-by-step process. By adopting the systems mindset, we can trace problems back to specific systems and make tweaks to eliminate them. This approach allows us to analyze our lives from an outside, elevated perspective, viewing the separate pieces and making improvements.

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