More on System Thinking

More on Systems Thinking

Herein is my experience of systems design

1.     All systems are a function of its design principles.

2.     The principles of the design comes from ‘ form following function’.

3.     The function arises from the primacy of the objectives of deliverables.

4.     The form of the system must change/adapt to the functionality in real time

5.     A system out of form with its functionality leads to entropy.

6.     Systems must be constructed for modern times, not borrowed from past models – they were relevant for those times.

7.     All system combine Process, Technology and People in relation to context.

8.     Best practice models, should give way to bespoke models (fit for purpose) or ‘next in class models’.

9.     A form denigrates because it is trapped in an existing paradigm: for change to occur, the paradigm itself has to be changed.

10. Systems exert stronger pressure than the individuals inside the system.

11. The collective individual’s intervention exert pressure on the overall system. Even the action of one individual makes a change in the overall system.

12. Systems and individuals continue to exert pressure on each other, and the form continues to require changes. The Gestalt of the system needs to be studies as always.

13. In order to maintain the health of the systems, re-ordering systems should be seen from the beacon of the Vision that spans across a broader time horizon.

14. Elements of the system must contain resilience and negotiability to allow it to adapt.

15. A system must have qualities of satyam (authenticity) , shivam (energy) and sundaram(beauty).

16. Systems that triumph eventually are simple, smart and secure.