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Introduction Session 1 (COPS Lesson 1)

Welcome to the course

You have taken the first step in kickstarting your systems thinking

Please watch the video, download the readings and references and follow the instructions in the last slide of the video. See you in the next live Zoom session. Note the Facebook group mentioned in the video has been changed to the LinkedIn group ‘systems thinking and beyond’. So please request to join that group instead.

Note the notes may have been updates since the lectures were recorded. Feel free to raise any questions in the live class sessions.

Notes

  • 0001 Introduction and overview notes (Version 1.12.16)

Readings

Note that Reading 0003 on the balanced classroom is optional. It is a work in progress that applies systems thinking to the course and explains why the format (as of 2016) is the best. The updated format of the 2021 class with its self-pacing timeline is even better.

Text books