Systems Thinking for the Boardroom and Executive Teams
Length: 30-45 minutes
Purpose: Companies need a lens for anticipating unintended consequences of AI and strategic choices. This session provides that lens.
Overview:
Explains how to view the business as a live system of constraints, dependencies, and feedback loops.
Uses ATC-inspired examples to show how local optimizations can trigger system-wide issues.
Highlights case studies where systems thinking avoided costly missteps.
Equips boards to ask better questions about second-order effects.
Key Takeaways:
A mental model for anticipating ripple effects of decisions.
Practical prompts to guide board oversight of complex transformations.
A better balance between speed and system health.