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# Thinking Beyond the Tech: Why Systems Thinking Matters (podcast)

## Details

**Authors** Vital Learning Edge

**Year** 2025

**Publisher** Vital Learning Edge (podcast and blog)

**Kind of work** media

**Discipline** Education

**Kind of engagement** reach

[Read it](https://vitallearningedge.com/blog/thinking-beyond-the-tech-systems-thinking-matters-podcast/)

## In authors' words

### What they set out to do (purpose)

A blog post from Vital Learning Edge, an Australian training organization, promoting a podcast episode and the systems thinking workshop that accompanies it, taught by Michael Collins.

### What they found (results)

Systems thinking is presented as essential for cybersecurity and technology professionals, and the workshop teaches holistic problem-solving frameworks rather than tool-level fixes, with the four patterns as its foundation.

## Commentary

### In short

A podcast episode and workshop that uses DSRP as its foundation for teaching systems thinking to a learning-and-development audience.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

**Added** 2026-08-03

**How to cite this** Vital Learning Edge (2025). Thinking Beyond the Tech: Why Systems Thinking Matters (podcast). Vital Learning Edge (podcast and blog).