The Curse of Systems Thinkers (Part 1)

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The Curse of Systems Thinkers (Part 1)

The curse of Cassandra was to be correct, but never believed; the curse of systems thinkers is to be correct, but never valued.”

APR 11, 2022

6 MIN READ

Somewhere between 15 and 20 years ago, I worked for a company. It was a very prestigious company, and it was a glorious and frustrating time. The company did amazing things. Literally unbelievable achievements – from my point of view anyway. But this was coupled with levels of chaos that led to inefficiency, wasted opportunity, and needless headaches.The contrast grew so large that I had to reconcile it somehow, if only in my own head. So I went to the countryside and wrote about the situation, which is my go-to technique for processing Stuff In My Life.

The Curse of Systems Thinkers (Part 1)