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Everything is a System

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.
Kevin Kelly

An effective mindset for entrepreneurship is that everything you do is a system.

As a Business Analyst, I define a system of a collection of 1 or more processes. Each process has inputs, had a defined set of steps, and produces outputs.

The art of creating systems is determining what the different systems should be.  If you think of a car, it is a transportation system. That system is a collection of smaller independent systems: steering, engine, exhaust, electrical.  These systems are separate from each other. This operation allows a complicated system to be created as a collection of simpler systems.

In business, the systems are sometimes severe systems all done at the same time.  The art is understanding the system and the interrelations to create a collection of decoupled systems.  The decoupled systems are simpler and can be refined without having to worry about the other systems in the collection.

This is an ongoing process.

Live the Adventure

Geoff

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