The Systems Thinker – Dynamic Systems: Make Better Decisions and Find Lasting Solutions Using Scientific Analysis. (The Systems Thinker Series) Paperback – August 13, 2020

This is one of Albert Rutherford's more technical books and it is a very good read, it's based on chaos and unpredictability. I like this one because it gets into the chaos theory and the butterfly effect but also linear systems and such. It's a bit advanced reading but very informal and you'll have a better understanding of systems thinking so I recommend to pick this one up.

I read this in a morning. The math contained in this book is simple enough for anyone with some basic algebra background to understand.There are a few grammatical errors in the book. Also, some sentences could be rewritten to make an easier read. However, I found the book to be an enjoyable read.He goes through a few foundational definitions and gives examples to lend perspective. A couple of times I felt like the examples chosen could have been better. Nevertheless, they should be decent enough to still get the concept, without throwing someone totally off course.You'll learn a bit about:- what is a linear system- what is a non linear system- the interconnectedness of systems- what is a dynamic system- types of feedback- chaos- fractalsAll in all, an easy read. I expect by reading the other books in this series, the reader should be exposed to enough systems thinking tools to apply systems thinking practically.

Systems are the basic block of our existence as people and human beings or as any other block that has interdependence of its parts and in the end serves a common purpose.As Albert Rutherford explains the purpose or the Goal as I call it doesn’t need to be exceptional like “removing worlds hunger” but it’s enough to keep the system alive and reactive to other systems around it.Systems are not linear and so this non linearity we call it complexity. Worst than that they are dynamic which means change in time. But these systems are all around us they are us!The human body had this complexity and non linearity the author talks. That’s why our body uses fractals to solve the problem of accommodating 150,000 miles of blood vessels in a less than 6 foot body tall dimension - our mean dimension as humans.Also Chaos Theory is not about chaotic patterns like the name suggests. Ithas order it depends a lot on the initial conditions but it’s not linear it has non linear behaviour.All of this so clear is in this book I recommend you. For all that want to move further from the world of linearity that we were educated and where our paradigms are rooted. Thanks for showing us this Albert.

I was a bit scared to pick up this book as I’m not an expert in the field but the language is so simple and easy-to-follow that I found every page interesting and understandable. You don’t have to be math-wiz to enjoy this book and have some great aha moments and a lot of extra knowledge after finishing it. A good place to start learning about chaos systems

A decent introduction to systems thinking and chaos theory. You'd need at least mastery of algebra to understand the sparse math in the book. Mostly it relates analogies for thinking and explains some of the important concepts of non-linear and linear equations. It has some good descriptions and definitions in it, but it also has that are extremely tangled in words. Take one definition of phase transition:"A phase space of a dynamical system is the gathering of every single condition of the system being referred to. The estimation of the outside conditions at which the change happens is named phase transition." I think this is trying to translate mathematical conditions into words but I find it fairly hard to parse and would prefer a mathematical definition instead of this.It rectifies this later with the more comprehensible"Phase transitions are when a small change to a quantitative input (we can think of this as the initial condition) results in a qualitative change in the system."Much better.Otherwise, I would have preferred a bit more math, but I didn't see anything that seemed way off. It is fairly short and gives you the gist, even if it does not equip you to do any calculations.

Another great work by Rutherford that relates complex subject matter in a simple yet thorough manner. It’s why I keep coming back to his work!

Very good book on systems thinking and human behavior. Chaos theory is easily explained in antobe terms!!

It was ok