Systems thinking: Gestalt

Systems thinking has its foundation in the field of system dynamics, founded in 1956 by MIT professor Jay Forrester. Professor Forrester recognized the need for a better way of exploring and testing new ideas about social systems in the mind and studying its possible (side) effects before action.

Systems thinking allows people to make their understanding of a particular social system explicit in order to improve their understanding and to perceive having choices.

A test driven design for manifestation of a more fully human gestalt actually creating for example mystery space ship mockingbird does not necessarily require building and construction metaphors. If the systems we wish to create are to be more fully human, we need to self-organize in more fully humane systems to co-create those systems. Our metaphor could also be something like (links in below bullet items point to Stone Circles):

  • Spinal column, bones, teeth, nails, anus, rectum, colon, prostate gland, blood, skills, abilities and space (together being capability) for building cells: integrity skeleton
  • Pelvic girdle, kidneys, bladder, all liquids (blood, lymph, gastric juice, sperm), regulation (female) cycles: awakening
  • Lower back, abdomen, digestive system, stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder, autonomic nervous system: richness
  • Heart, upper back, thorax and thoracic cavity, lower lungs, blood, circulatory system, skin: appreciations
  • Neck, throat, jaw, ears, voice, trachea, bronchial system, upper lungs, esophagus, arms: expressing our selves
  • Face, eyes, ears, nose, sinuses, cerebellum, central nervous system: balancing act
  • Cerebrum: (w)holeness