Business System:

Systemic Innovation

Systematic Thinking

Focusing on the whole, not the parts, of a complex system

By Vadim Kotelnikov, Founder, Ten3 BUSINESS e-COACH - Innovation Unlimited, 1000ventures.com

"The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do."  – Thomas Edison

Systematic vs. Systems vs. Systemic Thinking1

  1. Systematic Thinking – thinking methodically

  2. Systems Thinking – thinking about how things interact with one another

  3. Systemic Thinking – combining analytical thinking with synthetical thinking to find system-wide focus and gain systemic insights into complex situations and problems.

Systematic Approach to Innovation

For innovation to be reliable, you need to address it systematically, as a discipline, like any business issue in which you define a problem/an opportunity and then solve/pursue it. You should answer the following questions:

  1. What do you want to achieve, and how?

  2. What capabilities and resources do you need?

  3. Who will be the leader? Who will be on the team?

  4. How will you motivate, inspire, energize, and reward them?

  5. How will you measure progress and success?

 

Case in Point: The Art of Happiness in Buddhism

 

Abhidamma is an ethical-psychological teaching presented in the body of ancient Buddhist scriptures of the same name. Based on various techniques of Buddhist mind training, the Abhidamma represents the systematic knowledge of the Dharma, or "good teaching" – that is, the liberating, happiness-promoting way of life. Dharma strategies for self-transformation help you feel at home in your body, protect well-being through mindfulness, and perceive reality with clarity and wisdom. They help you deal skillfully with painful events and negative emotions, and also offer direct ways of promoting positive emotions such as cheerfulness, sympathetic joy, and compassion.

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography:

  1. "Inspiring Innovation", Ellen Peebles, Harvard Business Review on The Innovative Enterprise, 2003

  2. "Advanced Systematic Inventive Thinking (ASIT)", Roni Horowitz, 2004