Another link from one of my COTW e-friends (more on COTW    http://www.dadamac.net/network/coalition-willing )

I appreciated this because I appreciate systems thinking. I was introduced to systems thinking when I did my degree with the UK Open University. My experience is that when I meet someone who I feel really comfortable with right from the start  (able to discuss a wider range of things and "think together") such a person will often turn out to have a systems thinking background. 
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How to make systems thinking sexy

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[The following is based on the author's keynote at the Buckminster Fuller Challenge awards in New York on 8 June. He was also on the 2010 jury of the Challenge.]

We will not transition successfully to a restorative economy until systems thinking becomes as natural, for millions of people, as riding a bike. That's a big ask. How do we get from here, to there?

More at http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/06/how_to_make_sys.php