exercise · all tools
Systems Thinking Practice
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★★established
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional
Sustainability challenges are inherently systemic—environmental, social, and economic factors are deeply interconnected. Systems thinking helps teams understand these connections, anticipate unintended consequences, and find leverage points for effective action. When to use: When sustainability solutions create unintended problems, when the team struggles to see connections between issues.
Practical
- Time
- 50-60 min
- Group
- 3–20 · small-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- None beyond ordinary meeting/work settings
- Mechanisms
- systems-sensing, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Origin & where it lives
Thomas Jordan & Claude [AI] (Manager's Toolbox) — IDG practice (idg.thomasjordan.se)
Instructions: open online
In this directory via Thomas Jordan's IDG Resource Library
status: checked · added 2026-08-25