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What is systems thinking?

Ever heard the expression:
'The whole is greater than the sum of the parts'?

Systems thinking enables you to grasp and manage situations of complexity and uncertainty in which there are no simple answers. It's a way of 'learning your way towards effective action' by looking at connected wholes rather than separate parts. It's sometimes called practical holism. "Systems thinking is the key literacy that we need for the future."
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