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Systems Thinking: Ancient Maya’s Evolution of Consciousness and Contemporary Thinking<\/a>:
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Posted by Assistant Professor Tadeja Jere Lazanski, University of Primorska, Portoroz, Slovenia on his blog: “Systems thinking is a framework that is based on the belief that the component parts of a system can best be understood in the context…<\/p>\n

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I may not hold with all the aspects of this model but it certainly could be a nice starting point for an interesting conversation of using synthetic approaches to solve problems. At least now I can understand why I should be excited about 2012.<\/em>
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Technorati Tags: Social media<\/a>, Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n

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Systems Thinking: Ancient Maya’s Evolution of Consciousness and Contemporary Thinking: [Via Ackoff Center Weblog] Posted by Assistant Professor Tadeja Jere Lazanski, University of Primorska, Portoroz, Slovenia on his blog: “Systems thinking is a framework that is based on the belief that the component parts of a system can best be understood in the context… [More] … Continue reading Systems thinking<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-20"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe2yp-9n","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":557,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2009\/06\/24\/the-failure-is-the-process\/","url_meta":{"origin":581,"position":0},"title":"The failure is the process","date":"June 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by seier+seier+seier Lessons Learned -- Why the Failure of Systems Thinking Should Inform the Future of Design Thinking: [Via Manage by Designing] \"You never learn by doing something right \u2018cause you already know how to do it. 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