BMT looks into a recently published article by the Project Management Institute and how systems thinking was proposed as a way to enhance project management outcomes. Organisations and project managers increasingly grapple with complex challenges that defy simple models, but it’s almost a meme that ‘over 70% of organisational change initiatives fall short of expectations’.
Furthermore, the firm shares that researchers face seemingly unrelated factors when trying to understand why, and linear thinking tools struggle with this complexity. While project managers turn to systems thinking (ST) tools, applying them without understanding the underlying ST laws and principles may limit their benefits.
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