Link: http://enklare.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/when-another-perspective-is-needed/
Russell Ackoff taught about synthesis, the opposite of analysis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_L._Ackoff
He said you can’t understand something by looking at its pieces.
His three steps of synthetic thinking are to ask:
- What is this thing a part of?
- What is the behavior of its containing whole?
- What is the role of the thing in that containing whole?
Think big picture. Ask big-picture questions.
Dr. Russell Ackoff on Systems Thinking – Pt 1
Dr. Russell Ackoff on Systems Thinking – Pt 2
Dr. Russell Ackoff on Systems Thinking – Pt 3
