# Systems Thinking Guidelines to Live in a World of Uncertainty

## 1. Get the beat of the system

## 2. Expose your mental models to the light of day

## 3. Honor, respect, and distribute information

## 4. Use language with care and enrich it with systems concepts

## 5. Pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable

## 6. Make feedback policies for feedback systems

## 7. Go for the good of the whole

## 8. Listen to the wisdom of the system

## 9. Locate responsibility within the system

## 10. Stay humble, stay a leaner

## 11. Celebrate complexity

## 12. Expand time horizons

## 13. Defy the disciplines

## 14. Expand the boundary of caring

## 15. Don’t erode the goal of goodness