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Those who participate in Briyah’s signature #leadership program called “CEO Meet & Master (#CMM)” get a taste of Donella Meadows’s best practices, and learn that we can’t control systems, but we can dance with them. What does she mean by “dancing with systems”? First, you get the beat: watch the system work, learn its history, listen to the people who’ve been around a long time to tell you what has happened, understand the behavior of the system’s forces, look for its #dynamics. Secondly, listen to the #wisdom of the system: before doing anything, pay attention to the value of what’s already there. Thirdly, expose your mental models to the open air: Invite others to #challenge your assumptions, to add their own, collect explanations, consider all of them plausible until you find evidence that causes you to rule one out, and become emotionally able to see which assumption might have confused your own identity. As she explains so well in her book “Thinking in Systems: a Primer” keep going until you get to “the edge of what analysis can do and then point beyond–to what can and must be done by the human spirit.” Let’s #thinkwise! Here is a good article to get started: https://lnkd.in/eQKHDe_n For the opportunity to practice together with other leaders from around the world, join us for cohort 18 starting on January 13th, 2025: https://lnkd.in/eHhw3UT7. We look forward to seeing you there! #innovation #practice #purpose #leadership #systemsthinking

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