Welcome to this badged open course, Mastering systems thinking in practice.
In this first week of the course, you will be encouraged to reflect on your existing knowledge and assumptions about systems thinking in practice, and it will give you a grounding of what the course as a whole will cover.
First, watch the following video in which Andy Lane, the course author, introduces a visual metaphor to describe a systems practitioner.
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By the end of this week, you should be able to:
The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others.