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One of the most common—and least examined—failures in organizations, frameworks, and teams is the attempt to combine  two good ways of doing the same thing. We see this constantly. And, it is one of the most difficult cognitive operations to do right. People collect frameworks (which are already problematic), then stack them, mash them up, and proudly present the result as sophistication. What they’ve actually built is usually a monstrosity: impressive on slides, fragile in p

By Derek Cabrera Richard Branson recently said: “Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make...

By STSI Staff If you’ve ever sat through an advanced placement (AP) course—or really any advanced class or degree—you know the drill:...

Our Vision: 8 Billion Systems Thinkers Above The Standard The biggest problems we face — conflict, information wars, inequality — aren’t...

Oxford Township Receives Competitive Grant to adopt STSI's System Thinking Standard (STS), and help teachers and students acquire what the World Economic Forum calls a "Top 10 Future Job Skill" and Forbes says is "Today's most crucial leadership skill."

Popularity Without Proof The global rise of systems thinking  has been nothing short of remarkable. The World Economic Forum calls it one...

Empirical Evidence for a Cognitive Framework to Solve Wicked Problems Derek Cabrera 1,2,3,* and Laura Cabrera 1,2,3 Cornell University...