Journal of Systems Thinking · Volume 3, Issue 1 · 2023-10-30
Developing Personal Mastery in Systems Thinking
Derek Cabrera, Laura Cabrera
https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.0000043
Abstract
Senge (1990) first popularized the term ‘personal mastery’, but neglected to include the majority of the systems thinking, opting instead to equate systems thinking with a single framework (system dynamics). Thus ‘personal mastery in systems thinking’ became little more than ‘personal mastery in systems dynamics.’ Three factors lead us to conclude that the prescribed path to personal mastery in systems thinking must change significantly. This chapter posits that ‘personal mastery’ is reflected in the attitudes, skills, and dispositions required of an individual systems thinker (a.k.a., personal mastery). It also sets forth a clear path—made up of three levels—that one can follow to develop personal mastery of systems thinking.
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