Soft Systems Methodology
The following resource from Stuart Burge details Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). The tools that have been discussed thus far in the resource (rich pictures, transformation statements, and BATWOVE) are from the SSM toolkit and this resource provides some theoretical and methodological grounding for this.
Use this resource and your own experience to reflect on the logical dependencies that are inherent in the complex systems that we engage with.
Designing Interventions
Systems archetypes a one class of tools that capture the dynamic phenomena that occur repeatedly in diverse settings in complex systems. The resource below from Daniel Kim, introduces these tools and explores how they can be used to diagnose problems in the system space and design effective interventions using these insights.
What are the 'common stories' present in the settings you engage in and how do they influence problem identification and solution design?