The authors invite the reader to develop a systemist attitude when facing the understandable. “The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem”. They explore the branches of the systems landscape.

2. In the words of Captain Jack – “the problem is not the problem; the problem is
your attitude about the problem.” So a reminder or reference point for systems
thinking should be useful when faced with the inexplicable or even merely the
complex or complicated.
The attitudes indicate the preparation of the mind and the body of systemists who
have an intention to understand a situation or to act. They reflect the systemists’
knowledge, know-how and experience, their emotional reactions and cognitive
positions towards a situation. Conceptualizing these attitudes and organizing
them into a set of identified concepts, allows systemists to gain better insight.
This booklet describes a candidate set of concepts for systemy “the study of
systems”, framed within what we call the Systems Tree. It is intended for
systemists. We use this term for people who have the capabilities to understand
complex situations, to cope with the unusual, to identify the right problem in
order to solve it and who are able to take decisions keeping in mind a vision for
the future. Systemists will, in the future, simply be people trained in systemy.
This booklet is built upon the previous work of Bud Lawson – “A Journey
through the Systems Landscape” and many others. ‘Bud’ says that “systems are
everywhere and affect us daily in our private and professional lives. We use the
word “system” to describe something that is essential but often abstract, complex
and even mysterious”. However, learning to utilise the concepts of systemy as
well as an understanding of the key principles of systems will eventually lead to a
framework that brings illumination to the magic and mystery of life, the universe
and everything. Thus from “alsystemy”, a process of transformation (possibly
with flashes of light) will occur and “systemy” will be created.
Within the topics of the booklet we explore the need for systemy, the branches of
systemic attitudes, thoughts and the underpinning concepts of systems that we
mentally grapple with when we try and interact with them. As we explore these
relationships, we look across “intentionality”, “fruitful thinking”, “traps in
thinking”, “systemy in action” and the acquisition of knowledge.
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