Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• implement an action learning framework for exploring complex situations

• recognise that the way we engage with the world is through partial models of reality, and that these models are limited by different cognitive styles and ‘thinking traps’

• understand the need to collaboratively incorporate a blend of cognitive styles and multiple intelligences as the basis for effective systems practice and thinking

• appreciate how different modes of communication (verbal, visual and mathematical) affect the way we represent our mental models

• develop verbal, visual and mathematical models that explore both social and natural impacts, and reflect on the use of such models to inform thoughts and actions.