The Art of Systems Thinking: Essential Skills for Creativity and Problem Solving - Softcover

O’Connor, Joseph; McDermott, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722534426 ISBN 13: 9780722534427

Publisher: Thorsons, 1997

Synopsis

Systems thinking goes beyond logic & sees beyond isolated events to the deeper patterns and connections. Systems thinking took the business community by storm when Peter Senge published The Fifth Discipline in 1990. Although Senge’s work was pioneering, it remained abstract and of interests only to theorists.

Here at last noted NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) trainers and authors O’Connor and McDermott unlock the mysteries of systems thinking and offer practical suggestions, exercises, and tips to help you:

problem-solve
• think laterally
• get a huge result from a small effort
• manage and negotiate with ease
• revolutionise your business or your life
• essential skills to promote creativity

What NLP has been to the last two decades, systems thinking will be to the millennium.

About this title

About the Author

Joseph O’Connor is the author of 9 titles on Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Introducing NLP and Principles of NLP are two bestsellers.

Ian McDermott is the co-author of Principles of NLP and NLP and Health. He is an internationally renowned NLP trainer and has launched programmes with corporations such as IBM.

They both travel internationally to promote their work.

From the Back Cover

WHAT IS SYSTEMS THINKING?

Systems thinking goes beyond logic, because people are not always logical. Systems thinking sees beyond isolated events to the deeper patterns and connections.

WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?

Because we live in a world of systems. Your body is a system, so id your family. The natural environment is a system, as is your business. Understanding how these systems work will dramatically increase your effectiveness, save you time and help you achieve your goals.

Systems thinking is practical and immensely useful. It is not an academic discipline requiring mathematics or engineering to understand it. This book explains the principles of systems thinking in a straightforward way with practical applications, exercises and examples that will help you become more influential and successful in managing your health, work, finances and relationships.

This book will show you how:
• you can get a huge result for a small effort
• obvious solutions can often do more harm than good
• to avoid recurrent misfortunes that seem to happen automatically
• to know the best time to change strategy
• your attempted solution can cause the problem you are trying to solve
• you can never do just one thing because there are always side effects

Joseph O’Connor is a consultant, trainer and author of many books on psychology and communication skills, including the best selling 'Introducing NLP'.

Ian McDermott is a Director of Training for International Teaching Seminars, a leading NLP training organisation in the UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0722534426
• ISBN 13: 9780722534427
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288