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# Systems Thinking Made Simple

New Hope for Solving Wicked Problems in a Complex World

## Details

**Authors** Cabrera & Cabrera

**Year** 2015 / 2018 (2nd ed.)

**Publisher** Odyssean / Plectica

**Kind of work** book

**Reading level** beginner

[Read it](https://www.cabreraresearch.org/books)

## In authors' words

### Abstract

Systems thinking can help us solve everyday and wicked problems, increase our personal effectiveness as human beings, and transform our organizations. This book is for anyone interested in learning the foundational ideas of systems thinking. Systems Thinking Made Simple doesn't mean that we're going to oversimplify it like a for Dummies book. It means that we will show how systems thinking emerges when we focus on a simple set of rules. After years of searching for unifying principles, many experts and practitioners in the field of systems thinking have embraced DSRP as universal to all systems thinking methods. Originally a complex mathematical formulation, DSRP has since been made more accessible through powerful modeling and visualization tools. Paperback (also available in Kindle).

## Commentary

### In short

The primary synthesis of DSRP for a broad audience. Winner, 2017 AECT Outstanding Book Award.

## Questions it bears on

- Q17. [What is transfer (T)?](https://dsrpevidence.org/question/transfer)
- Referred to by: [Review: Systems Thinking Made Simple: New Hope for Solving Wicked Problems](https://dsrpevidence.org/element/183)
- Referred to by: [Book Review of Systems Thinking Made Simple: New Hope for Solving Wicked Problems](https://dsrpevidence.org/element/226)
- Referred to by: [Derek Cabrera's Systems Thinking Made Simple: A Four-Step Framework for Structuring Any Workflow](https://dsrpevidence.org/element/466)

**How to cite this** Cabrera & Cabrera (2015 / 2018 (2nd ed.)). Systems Thinking Made Simple: New Hope for Solving Wicked Problems in a Complex World. Odyssean / Plectica.