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Systems Thinking Research & Leadership Development Institute (STRLDi)

Research, Consulting & Academy Group for Learning Organizations

  • About The Organization
    • About My Work & STRLDi
      • My Journey and Development as a practitioner of The Fifth Discipline, my Milestones
      • The mistake we make with this work …
      • The Story of My Turning Points with The Fifth Discipline
      • The Big Question on The Voice
    • About Peter Senge, the Author
    • Pre-session Pop Quiz #1
      • Pre-session Pop Quiz #1 Answers
    • How Would This Programme Work For Me?
    • STLDi Programme Structure & Fees
    • Training Proposal Template
    • Programme Flow – A Framework for Developing Competencies in The Fifth Discipline (TFD)
      • Session Briefs
      • Programme Introduction (2 days): Leaders for Learning Organizations @ Work
      • Programme Advanced Beginner: Deepening The Systems Thinking Discipline Practice
      • Programme Intermediate Level: The CEO’s Table – Learning To Create Productive Team Conversations
      • Programme Post-Graduate: Leaders for Learning Organizations @ Work
      • Reference Books
      • Programme Room Setup
    • FAQs
  • Chapter 1: Introductions – Why Learning Organizations?
    • The History
    • The Seven Disabilities for Learning
  • Chapter 2: At The Heart of the Practice of A Learning Organization
    • The Three Core Learning Organization Capabilities
    • Practices from the Field
  • Chapter 3: Seeing Dynamic Complexity
    • Why Do (some) Problems Defy, no, NOT Change?
    • Two ways
    • Systems Thinking – Understanding The Onion, Understanding Our World Today
    • Introduction to Systems Thinking
    • When we say solved, what does it mean?
    • The Laws That Govern Dynamic Complexities (in our everyday experiences)
      • Law #1: Today’s Problems Come From Yesterday’s Solutions
      • Law #2: The Harder You Push, the Harder the System Pushes Back
      • Law #3: Behaviour Grows Better Before It Grows Worse
      • Law #4: The Easy Way Out Usually Leads Back In
      • Law #5: The Cure Can Be Worse Than The Disease
      • Law #6: Slower is Faster
      • Law #7: Cause and Effect are not Closely Related in Time and Space
      • Law #8: Small Changes can Produce Big Results But the Areas of Highest Leverage are often the Least Obvious
      • Law #9: You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
      • Law #10: Dividing an Elephant in Half does not Produce Two Small Elephants
      • Law #11: There is No Blame
    • The Language of Systems Thinking
    • Uncovering System Archetypes (Systemic Structures)
    • System Archetypes
      • The Behavior of the Reinforcing Loop (RL)
      • The Behavior of the Balancing Loop (BL)
      • Accidental Adversary (AA) Archetype (Systemic Structure)
      • Drifting Goals (DG) Archetype (Systemic Structure)
      • Escalation (Esc) Archetype (Systemic Structure)
      • Fixes That Backfire Archetype (FtB) Systemic Structure
      • Growth and Underinvestments (G&U) Archetype (Systemic Structure)
      • Limits to Growth (LtG) Archetype (Systemic Structure)
      • Shifting the Burden (StB) Archetype (Systemic Structure)
      • Success to the Successful (StS) Archetype (Systemic Structure)
      • Tragedy of the Commons (ToC) Archetype (Systemic Structure)
  • Chapter 4: Understanding Dynamic Complexity
    • Mental Models – Understanding Our System
    • Team Learning – Seeing Our Systems
    • Personal Mastery – Envisioning Our Part in The System
    • Shared Vision – Envisioning the Whole
  • Chapter 5: Dealing with Complexity – Solving the Problem
    • Healing Vicious / Stubborn Problems
    • Indicators of Progress within Organizational Systems
    • Indicators of Progress with Natural Systems (/ Environment)
    • National Strategic Planning Systemic Guide (NSPSG)
    • Indicators of Progress (across organizations & sectors) with an Economic System
    • Indicators of Progress for a Nation
  • Chapter 6: Research Works- In-Progress of Sectoral / National / Regional / Global Systemic Relevance
  • Chapter 7: Publications – The Systemic Thinking Columnist Articles
    • Global Systemic Data Organizing Body
    • National Systemic Strategy Development Programmes – A Reflection and Proposal for SoLs Around The Globe
      • HAMMER IN SEARCH OF STUBBORN NAILS – ISSUES THAT HAVE RESISTED OUR EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE COURSES OF THEIR DIRECTIONS
      • Formulating, Analyzing, Operationalizing Strategies
      • Community Speaks Series: Issues Spanning KSL1
        • When the Community Speaks … the Marriage Institution and Family
        • When The Community Speaks … When learning is more important than education. Short Notes.
        • When The Community Speaks … Cracking the Botswana Productivity Code. Short Notes.
          • When the Community Speaks …. Global Education System Designed for Learning
        • When the Community Speaks … Crime
      • Nature Speaks Series: Issues spanning KSL2
        • When Nature Speaks …. by “wildlife”
          • When Nature Speaks … Wildlife. Be calm. Love an elephant. What everybody should know about these gentle giants.
          • Global Human-Elephant Conflict
        • When Nature Speaks … Erratic Weather Systems / Global Warming
          • When Nature Speaks … Plant Generation
          • When Nature Speaks … the Animal Generation
          • When Nature Speaks … Communicable Diseases
          • When Nature Speaks … Rare Genetic Diseases
          • When Nature Speaks … Non-communicable Health Concerns
        • When The Economy Speaks … Growing Economic Sectors
        • When The Economy Speaks … Reversing National Unemployment Statistics
          • When The Economy Speaks … ICT Graduate Unemployment Is Just the Tip of National Unemployment Iceberg
            • CASE STUDY: NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BOTSWANA – SHORT NOTES
              • Reinforcing Behaviour of causal structure influencing unemployment
      • World Speak Series: Issues Spanning KSL4
        • When The World Speaks … Wars
          • When the World Speaks … The Global Village
    • Economy Speaks Series: Issues Spanning KSL3
  • Chapter 8: Learnings & Strategy Development Impact Study
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  • About The Organization
  • Chapter 1: Introductions – Why Learning Organizations?
  • Chapter 2: At The Heart of the Practice of A Learning Organization
  • Chapter 3: Seeing Dynamic Complexity
  • Chapter 4: Understanding Dynamic Complexity
  • Chapter 5: Dealing with Complexity – Solving the Problem
  • Chapter 6: Research Works- In-Progress of Sectoral / National / Regional / Global Systemic Relevance
  • Chapter 7: Publications – The Systemic Thinking Columnist Articles
  • Chapter 8: Learnings & Strategy Development Impact Study
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Sheila Damodaran

Gaborone, Botswana
+267-75-9875-34
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