Systems Thinking

Definition: Understand how components interrelate and create a larger whole. Example: Analyze the related components within a highly distributed ambulatory network.

Relates to: Erase Boundaries of Business

SKILL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES

ONLINE RESOURCES

5 Principles of Systems Thinking for a Changing Healthcare Ecosystem
The Application of Systems Thinking in Health: Why Use Systems Thinking?

BOOKS

Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Transforming Health Care Leadership: A Systems Guide to Improve Patient Care, Decrease Costs, and Improve Population Health, 1st Edition

COURSE, WORKSHOP, OR SEMINAR

Workshop: Systems Thinking

TOOL RESOURCES

Tools to support this skill may include:

Network Theory: Network Theory: IHI 90-Day R&D Project Final Summary Report
Non-planer Design: The Connected Company
Simulation: The Systems Thinking Playbook: Exercises to Stretch and Build Learning and Systems Thinking Capabilities