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01 · Designing Systems

Thinking in Systems

Donella Meadows

Katalyx INTERPRETATIONFOUNDATIONAL

THE Katalyx PERSPECTIVE

Meadows provides the essential operating language of economic architecture. The strongest intervention is rarely the biggest—it changes information, incentives or system purpose.

If this author were designing a national economy instead, what would they do?

FIVE TAKEAWAYS

01

Events are outputs, not causes

02

Feedback drives behavior

03

Delays distort decisions

04

Leverage is unevenly distributed

05

Purpose shapes the whole system

Katalyx APPLICATION

Map the loops behind an economic outcome before funding projects; intervene where rules, information and incentives alter system behavior.

Katalyx RATING

Strategic Thinking

Systems Thinking

Practical Application

Long-Term Relevance

Clarity

ONE PROVOCATIVE QUESTION

Are leaders changing the system—or repeatedly treating its symptoms?

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