Systems Analysis and Modeling

November 23rd, 2014

How can systems thinking help us in the analysis of a wicked problem?

How can we avoid leaving out valid aspects of a wicked problem? This essay explores mental modeling and “systems thinking,” which strives for comprehensive problem analysis and circumventing erroneously focusing on only one aspect of a problem. The approach aims to explore all interrelating key drivers in a system, in order to create nonlinear and nonintuitive results.