Step one in the st process

Systemic thinking

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The first step in the st process is to list the system elements we're interested in.

Because the next steps involve finding the theme or repeating pattern across those elements, we need to list as many elements as we can think of.

The more elements, the more systemic (system-wide) the pattern.

The analytical thinking process is only slightly different.

Analytical thinking
at_1.gif (1983 bytes) The first step in the analytical process is to list a handful of system elements

Because the next steps involve selecting an element to focus on, we don't want too many - the more there are, the harder it is to rank them.

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Step two in the st process