Systems thinking refers to the process, philosophy, or understanding of how things interact and work together within a whole system. This concept was popularized in the training industry in 1994 by Peter Senge’s book on learning organizations, which discusses systems thinking as one of five disciplines or features of a learning organization. Systems thinking is also considered an approach to problem solving.

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