Eroding Goals Systems Archetype

We examine the Eroding Goals System Archetype, the second in our Systems Archetypes series, which explores these key parts of Systems Thinking.
We explore the Eroding Goals System and talk about some real-world examples from day-to-day experience. We then look at the leverage points in the system, discuss the Boiled Frog analogy, and look in detail at how to avoid or get out of this Systems Trap.

Systems thinking is an essential skill for anyone in a modern organisation, or indeed anyone living in the modern, globally interconnected world. It seeks to avoid event level, linear analysis and its accompanying pitfalls, such as division, blame culture and unintended consequences. Instead, thinking in systems helps us to understand all of the interconnected elements in a system contributing to a particular outcome or set of outcomes, and the way in which they affect each other - often in non-linear ways. This leads to better and deeper understanding of people, organisations and the world around us, and helps us to move toward solutions to problems much more quickly, avoiding destructive blame and division in the process.

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Some more Systems Archetypes videos:
Escalation -    • Escalation Systems Archetype  
Limits to Growth -    • Limits to Growth Systems Archetype  
Tragedy of the Commons -    • Tragedy of the Commons Systems Archetype  
Race to the Bottom -    • Race to the Bottom Systems Archetype  

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Timestamps:
00:00 Series introduction
03:10 Eroding Goals system explanation
08:15 Boiled Frog analogy
09:56 Examples of the archetype
11:09 Leverage points and how to avoid the trap
14:27 General information


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