“Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity”- the whole book online and free!!![Recommended Innovation Articles (and Commentary) #27]

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Today’s recommended article is actually an entire book (surprise!!!!), but it is available online and free to download, or you can buy a printed version in book form over at Amazon. I know some of you are fine with killing a ream of paper either way, but the entire book PDF is linked below (no paywall), making the tablet or Kindle option available as well. I cannot stress how great a book this is for systems thinking and complexity science. I use Gharajedaghi extensively in my own research, including parts of my instruction of…