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SUMMARY:April 2023 \"Mini-PDD\" - Understanding Systems Thinking Methodolog
 y by Michael D. Ford
DESCRIPTION:&nbsp\;
 “Understanding Systems Thinking Methodology”
 Mi
 chael D. Ford\, TQM Works Consulting
 M.S.I.S.E.\, CFPIM\, CSCP\, CLTD\, 
 CQA\, CRE\, CQE\, ACPF\, CPSM\, CSSGB
 8:00am – 12:30pm\, Friday 14th A
 pril 2023
 The Spot Restaurant\, Binghamton NY
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 Systems thinking provides a strategi
 c advantage to business organizations\, both profit and nonprofit. It can 
 also facilitate success in our personal lives. A valid concern is that sys
 tems thinking is not generally taught within the framework of most K-12 ed
 ucational programs\, nor is it a common subject in most college degree pro
 grams. To be sure\, it is often discouraged. There is a very real\, yet il
 legitimate reason for this: systems thinking is perceived as a threat to t
 he system components! (e.g.\, status quo\, persons\, policies\, etc.)
 Jo
 in this highly interactive session to accomplish the following learning ob
 jectives:
 
 Define systems thinking methodology and common terms
 Iden
 tify system design elements
 Apply systems thinking to professional and p
 ersonal life examples
 
 The facilitator will additionally challenge the
  audience to recognize three fundamental concepts:
 
 We all have bias.

 
 The first step to learning is unlearning the wrongs we have been taught.
 
 Skepticism is a healthy attribute\; cynicism is not.
 
 The facilitat
 or will utilize a variety of learning tools and techniques\, to include: s
 lideshow presentation\; roundtable discussion\; individual and team exerci
 ses\; breakouts\; Q&amp\;A sessions\; and final summary.
 Keywords: bias\
 , system\, systems thinking
 Bias – prejudice in favor of or against on
 e thing\, person\, or group compared with another\, usually in a way consi
 dered to be&nbsp\;unfair. (source: Oxford)
 System – a set of things wo
 rking together as parts of a mechanism or an&nbsp\;interconnecting&nbsp\;n
 etwork. (Oxford)
 Systems Thinking – a way of making sense of the compl
 exity of the world by looking at it in terms of wholes and relationships r
 ather than by splitting it down into its parts. (wikipedia)
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LOCATION:1062 Front St\, Binghamton\, NY 13905\, USA
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