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    Systems Thinking. In short, systems thinking is a philosophy for how an organization can identify a problem it may be facing. In this brief paper, I describe how it encompasses all of the techniques I use to help organizations do that through facilitation.

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    Systems Thinking. In short, systems thinking is a philosophy for how an organization can identify a problem it may be facing. In this brief paper, I describe how it encompasses all of the techniques I use to help organizations do that through facilitation.

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    Facilitation and Systems Thinking by Tom Romito, Facilitator

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    Tom Romito
    Systems Thinking. In short, systems thinking is a philosophy for how an organization can identify a problem it may be facing. In this brief paper, I describe how it encompasses all of the techniques I use to help organizations do that through facilitation.

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    FACILITATIONANDSYSTEMSTHINKING

    ImTomRomito.ImafacilitatorandIworkwithorganizationsthatwantto
    improvethemselves.Sometimesorganizationsfeeltheyareoverwhelmedwith
    barriersthatkeepthemfromachievingtheirgoals.Asaresult,theirefforts
    becomefragmentedandunfocused.Ishowthemhowtodealwiththissituation
    bythinkingintermsofaprocess.Thisprocessiscalledsystemsthinking.

    Manythinkershavebeenwritingaboutsystemsthinkingforalongtime,most
    notablyPeterSenge,whowroteabookentitledTheFifthDiscipline.Overthe
    24yearsthatIhavebeenafacilitator,IhavecometounderstandthatIbasically
    usethisprocesswhenIworkwithorganizationsandgroupsofpeople.

    Iexplaintogroupsthatwhatsoverwhelmingthemareforcesthatareall
    interrelated.Theyarenotmutuallyexclusive.Theyincludefactorssuchasroot
    causesandindividualperspectives.Ihelpthemanalyzethesefactorsinorderto
    understandhowtheygottowheretheyarenowandwheretogofromhere.

    AnexampleiswhenIconductastrategicplanningprocesswithagroupof
    people.Igetthegrouptolistallofthebarriersthattheybelievearekeeping
    themfromachievingtheirgoal,includingthecausesandtheconsequencesofnot
    removingthem.Thenwebegintodevelopstrategiestobreakdownthebarriers.

    ThefirststepIintroducetotheminsystemsthinkingistheclearidentificationof
    theirgoal.Somegroupsinsistthattheyhavemanygoals,butIbringthem
    aroundtotherealitythattheycanonlyhaveonegoal.Everythingelseis
    BuildingCapacityinYourOrganization
    2015TomRomito,Facilitator,Cleveland,OH44109USA
    Email:
    thomasmromito@gmail.com
    Web:

    http://www.tomromito.com

    subordinatetoandsupportiveofthatgoal.OnegroupIworkedwithstruggled
    forseveralweekstryingtoreachconsensusontheirgoal.Oncetheygetpast
    that,itseasiertoidentifythebarriersthatareimpedingthemfromachievingit.

    Societyisoverwhelmedwithcomplexity.Nooneandnoentityisimmunefrom
    it.Understandingsystemsthinkingwillhelpusalltodealwithit.

    BuildingCapacityinYourOrganization
    2015TomRomito,Facilitator,Cleveland,OH44109USA
    Email:
    thomasmromito@gmail.com
    Web:

    http://www.tomromito.com

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