"Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist – someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations" The Fifth Discipline (1990)
Systems thinking is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns rather than static snapshots. It is a set of general principles spanning fields as diverse as physical and social sciences, engineering and management The Fifth Discipline (1990)
Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing the 'structures' that underlie complex situations, and for discerning high from low leverage change. That is, by seeing wholes we learn how to foster health. To do so, systems thinking offers a language that begins by restructuring how we think. The Fifth Discipline (1990)