Systems Thinking, an MBA By Podcast

Designing a system using the concept of progress over that of supremacy beings. How are you helping in the progress of the world?

ASSIGNMENT: Design an experiemnt you can conduct at work, who or what would oppose it?

ASSIGNMENT: WHEN RESPONDING TO AN AWKWARD SOCIAL SITUATION, WHOM DO YOU IMITATE?

ASIGNMENT: WHO IS EXCLUDED FROM GIVING EVIDENCE IN YOUR DECISION MAKING.

ASSIGNMENT: WHO DO YOU OR YOUR ORGANISATION IMITATE WHEN MAKING DECISIONS.

ASSIGNMENT: DRAFT A STSTEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR YOURSELF OR YOUR ORGANISATION, WHAT ARE YOUR OR ITS FIVE CORE CONCEPTS THAT PROVIDE PURPOSE?

ASSIGNMNET: ARE YOU AND YOUR ORGANISATION CONTINUALLY INCREASING YOUR FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL CAPITAL, HOW MIGHT THIS IMPROVE.

ASSIGNMENT: THINK OF A PROBLEM YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN RECENTLY IDENTIFY THE SOURCES USED TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS

ASSIGNMENT: DESCRIBE YOUR ORGANISATION, OR SELF, AS A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT. WHAT ARE THE HISTORIC AND FUTURE CASHFLOWS INTO AND OUT OF THIS SYSTEM?

ASSIGNMENT: THINK OF A RECENT NEGOTIATION IN YOUR ORGANISATION OR IN YOUR OWN LIFE. WHAT WERE THE CONCEPTS IN TENSION, WAS IT CREATIVE, WAS THERE COOPERATION, COULD YOU GO BACK AND RE NEGOTIATE WITH THE SAME PEOPLE WITH NO RESIDUE BAD FEELINGS. HOW MIGHT THINGS HAVE BEEN IMPROVED.

ASSIGNMENT: HOW DOES YOUR ORGANISATION MAKE SENSE OF ITSELF AND THE WORLD, WHAT CRITERIA DOES IT ASSUME TO UNDERTAKE THAT INTERPRETATION.

ASSIGNMENT: USE NIALL FERGUSONS SIX APPS TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS HOW YOUR ORGANISATION COULD BECOME MORE PROSPEROUS BY IMPROVING ITS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

ASSIGNMENT: FORECAST THE FUTURE DEMAND FOR SOMETHING CORE TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF YOUR ORGANISATION.

ASSIGNMENT:USE A RECENT EVENT THAT OCCURED TO YOUR ORGANISATION, AND ASK YOURSELF WHAT WHERE THE POSSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT EVENT, PERHAPS GRAPH THEM, REFLECT OFF THE SET OF CONCEPTS OR ORGANISING PRINCIPLES YOU WERE US8NG TO DIRECT YOUR DECISION MAKING.

ASSIGNMENT: HOW WOULD YOU GET YOUR IMMEDIATE GROUP To AGREE A SET OF CONCEPTS OR ORGANISING PRINCIPLES TO COORDINATE THEIR DECISION MAKING.

ASSIGNMENT: USE THE FOLLOWING WORDS TO THINK ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION, JUSTICE, ANTIFRAGILE, FUTURE, USEFULNESS, AND AGILITY? WHAT WORD BEST DESCRIBES YOUR ORGANISATION.

ASSIGNMENT: WHAT IS YOUR ORGANISATIONS PLAN, CAN IT DEALTH WITH THE UNEXPECTED, CAN MOST STAFF EXPLAIN IT, DOES IT ALTER MUCH?

ASSIGNMENT: WHAT EDUCATION OR TRAINING WOULD BENEFIT THOSE THAT WORK WITH YOUR ORGANISATION, INCLUDING YOURSELF?

ASSIGNMENT: WHO DO YOU OR COULD YOUR ORGANISATION IMITATE, YOUR ROLE MODEL, BENCHMARK OR HEROES? WHAT DO THEY DO THAT YOU COULD DO?

ASSIGNMENT: HOW HAS YOUR ORGANISATION OR PROJECT EVOLVED, WHAT HAS BEEN RECOMBINED, WHAT WERE THE SELECTORS.

ASSIGNMENT: WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION, OR PROJECT? WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

ASSIGNMENT: FOR YOUR ORGANISATION, problem or project, can you describe it as a system? WHAT ARE THE KEY INPUTS, elements, transformations, what is it like?

ASSIGNMENT: What is your organisation, or its products and services, a recombination of?

ASSIGNMNET: Argue for and against how your organisation assists or not the individual poverty avoidance system outlined in this episode.