Mindspace

Let's begin by creating some space in your mind for the systemic thinking concept.   We'll paint in the detail afterwards.

Systemic thinking is different from both systematic thinking and systems thinking.

Systemic Thinking Systematic Thinking Systems Thinking
Finding and seeing  system-wide patterns Thinking about things methodically Thinking about how things interact with one another
Systemic thinking combines analytical thinking (breaking things apart) with synthetical thinking (putting things together). 

Until recently, our society has placed a strong emphasis on analytical thinking - and not much on synthetical thinking at all.

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The difference between analysis and synthesis