I am R. Hear me Rar.
Rar-one of the most important ideas in systems thinking If you are not new to systems thinking/DSRP, then you’ll be familiar with the use of silly pun…
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Solving Small Problems With Systems Thinking— A Real-Life Walk Through
“Systems Thinking” sounds like such a grandiose thing, requiring complicated tools designed to solve complicated problems. But what if there is more (…
Dr. Laura Cabrera Speaks On The Simple Rules Of Systems Leadership
Dr. Laura Cabrera spoke today on the simple rules of systems leadership in partnership with Systemic Excellence Global. As organizations face an incre…
Jig: Cause-Effect
This blog is part of a set of blogs under the tag "cognitive jigs." Be sure to check out the tag to read them as a group and learn how cognitive jigs …
Look Beyond Labels
Distinctions involve several different skills blended into one simple underlying structure where two elements (identity and other) make up any distinc…
Systems Thinking version 4.0
Prominent scholars in the field accept that the history and development of systems thinking has occurred in "waves" as originated by Flood, Jackson, a…
My Alma Mater was My Family Dinner Table
Dr. Cabrera's "Dinner Table Story" has become so requested that a reenactment was added to CRL's STML500 Certificate in Systems Thinking. Here Dr. Cab…
Why Do I Need A Vision?
This post is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Flock Not Clock. Given that so many companies lack a vision statement and those that exist exhibit a bizarre…
DSRP Is All Around Us: Color
Like all things, color is chock-full of DSRP patterns. Presented with the most common colors most of us can (unless colorblind) identify them on the s…
The Distinction Rule Is NOT Just For Humans
Distinctions are universal. They are commonly thought to be uniquely human and to exist only as concepts. This is untrue, as Distinctions exist for al…
The Four Simple Rules of Organizations
This post is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Flock Not Clock. So what are the simple rules of an organization? How do we leverage them to maximize organi…
#CountMeIn
Dr. Derek Cabrera wrote the spoken word "Count Me In" and the lyrics for the song by the same name (both produced by Photosynthesis Productions). CRL …