Post by @impactology@mastodon.social

Systems thinking is the experience of recognizing how the behavior of a whole is produced by interactions among its parts, and mentally exploring how changing those interactions changes the outcome.

I've been wondering about the human experience of systems thinking, beyond gigamaps, systems thinking diagrams

https://systemsorienteddesign.net/gigamap-exemplars/

- How do systems, both technical and social, unfold as narratives?
- What does understanding a system change for someone, before, during and after the inquiry?

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Gigamap Exemplars

Systems Oriented Design | These gigamap exemplars are organised into three main groups: content maps, functional maps, and structural maps.

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Raghav Agrawal

@impactology@mastodon.social 11 hr. ago

- What does doing systems thinking actually feel like?
- What does a system feel like to the people living within it, or being mapped?
- What is the actual human value of thinking in systems?

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@smallcircles@social.coop 11 hr. ago

@impactology

I think the human experience side of things is well-explained by this great animation by Steven Johnson on "Where good ideas come from". I've dedicated the past 11 years taking on an idea with unbounded scope as my background track that drove my pragmatic day-to-day life decisions. Today I'm able to 'walk' that idea with ease via a method of loci, a memory palace of sorts, that overlays reality with the system of what could be. It is a great inspiration to me, giving ability to see new ways, see opportunities others don't, and think out of the box. At the same time, with unbounded scope, one must stay pragmatic and grounded in reality. A personal philosophy is needed, to manage expectations on what can be achieved, and only value progress. The tip of the iceberg of my system is called SX, Social experience design.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU

WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM by Steven Johnson

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@smallcircles@social.coop 11 hr. ago

@impactology

SX when applied to technology constitutes a new field in IT for anyone to explore, and when further constrained can be distilled into a particular methodology. The latter is what you see on https://coding.social (which does not have the aim to sell anyone on the methodology, the site is merely informational).

But SX in the broader sense revolves around this simple question: How do I live my life in relation to others, and give it meaning?

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Raghav Agrawal

@impactology@mastodon.social 11 hr. ago

@smallcircles I love that idea, reminds me of this concept of "participatory sensemaking"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiFuQD-ZWy4

An Introduction to Participatory Sense-Making

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Raghav Agrawal

@impactology@mastodon.social 11 hr. ago

@smallcircles >Today I'm able to 'walk' that idea with ease via a method of loci, a memory palace of sorts, that overlays reality with the system of what could be

Could you give an example?

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@smallcircles@social.coop 11 hr. ago

@impactology

That is a bit hard.

SX is based on a simple life philosophy called innercircles, which is based on common knowledge, common wisdom, common sense, and life experience. And focuses on what all human beings have in common: the desire to lead a good and meaningful life. That is on one hand uniquely personal, and on the other hand dependent on others and ones environment.

Humankind faces a number of super wicked problems that we seem not to be able to tackle, and that have an outlook to push us to the brink. My pet hobby project is thinking how to solve them. You can apply systems thinking, come up with an intricate methodical plan, and write a book about that. We have libraries full of those. They are not the solution.

I found the solution must be sought by taking inspiration from Nature, and think about this mystical force that we haven't mastered well yet: Emergence. How simple building blocks and rules form complex systems. How to design emergence, guide, and foster it?

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