Struggling to understand complex systems?
I used to as well until I started using mind maps.
They helped me decode how different parts interact…
across multiple organizations.
Struggling to understand complex systems?
I used to as well until I started using mind maps.
They helped me decode how different parts interact…
across multiple organizations.
We learn more from failure than from flawless launches.
Let’s map the missteps together.
Day One playbook for progressive leaders in 2025
Rebrand initiatives for minimum drama, maximum impact
• Swap loaded terms for neutral goals (think “energy security” over ESG) Stick to your values, focus on outcomes
• Like Flo Health’s Anonymous Mode—science-first, not politics Adopt an adaptive Day One mindset
• Craft campaigns that unite (Rocket’s Super Bowl home-ownership spot)
These three moves help you navigate a fractured landscape and drive lasting change. What’s your first play?
#Leadership #DayOne #SystemsThinking #Progressive #Impact
https://www.fastcompany.com/91329863/the-new-day-one-playbook-for-progressive-leaders-in-2025
Modi’s Maxim #2:
“Your dashboard’s not a strategy—it’s just the lighting rig.”
You can’t steer a ship with speedometers alone. Time to map the system, not just monitor it.
Get more felt-fueled insight:
https://carlosraulmuozjr.substack.com
Over time, these practices seamlessly integrated into both my professional and personal life.
Read more https://lttr.ai/AecGa
ZAPPED INTO LIFE!
Born from a thunderstorm and a misplaced RACI chart, Modi Thinker wasn’t planned—he was prototyped.
Now he’s here to turn thinkers into builders—one sticky note at a time.
Catch his first sparks of insight over at:
https://carlosraulmuozjr.substack.com
New post: Autocratic Leadership—Structure at Speed
Exploring when command-and-control creates safety, alignment, and speed—and when it backfires. Real-world examples
Systems lens
Practical guidance
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlosraulmuozjr/p/autocratic-leadership-structure-at
#Leadership #SystemsThinking #ThinkSystem #ManagementTools
"... The study proposes practical leverage points to center safety in development review processes and better integrate land use with safer transportation outcomes.
Read the full article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198225001241
Let’s shift the paradigm — from moving cars to protecting people.
#RealEstateDevelopment #UrbanPlanning #TrafficSafety #DevelopmentReview #VisionZero #TIA #SystemsThinking "
Embracing systems thinking and mental models isn't just about efficiency; it's about crafting a life aligned with your values and goals.
Read more https://lttr.ai/AeLEx
Why is US healthcare so expensive?
Partly because of invention of highlifts, pressure washers, which allow hospital administrators to scratch the awful itch of "the parking garage is grubby!"
In turn, because of automobile addiction.
This isn't health care but costs a boatload of moola.
Parenthetically "he's doing it all wrong." Should have started at the top and worked down. That's my itch. :-)
Each week begins with a comprehensive review of the past week, followed by a MATTO (Money, Attention, Time, Turbulence, Opportunity) analysis for the upcoming week.
Read more https://lttr.ai/AeFj3
I can’t not see it that way.
It’s how I’ve always been wired—from wrenching on helicopters to debugging marketing flows.
This realization?
It’s not just clarity—it’s an epiphany.
And it changes how I lead from here on out.
Performance-Challenges of the modern designed global educational and schooling system.
#history #education #SystemsThinking
http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/23/education-as-a-designed-system/
Systems Thinking and Mental Models: My Daily Operating System: https://lttr.ai/Ad7BN
New from ThinkSystem:
Transactional Leadership: Building the Scaffolding of Execution
Explore how operational clarity, structure, and performance systems give bold strategy its staying power.
Includes:
• Real-world case studies (Spotify, NASA, Wells Fargo)
• Tools like OKRs, SOPs, RACI charts
• Systems thinking for reliability and scale
Read here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlosraulmuozjr/p/building-the-execution-engine-transactional
And most of the systems can only be influenced at most. Coming to terms with that is one of the most liberating feelings.
It's not giving up as often wrongly perceived. "Powering through" doesn't help - effect is just the opposite.
It's acknowledging the complexity of reality and limitations of your current mental model of it to learn to dance better with it.
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What is Systems Engineering?
Understand the interdisciplinary approach that focuses on designing, integrating, and managing complex systems over their life cycles. Click here https://www.engineersheaven.org/forum/topic/64
to visit our website and read the full article.
What did we see at AIX Hamburg? A shift.
Not just in materials or processes, but in mindset. The aviation industry is opening up, becoming more transparent, more interconnected, and more aligned with the people it serves.
Transformational Leadership: Igniting Vision in Systems A deep dive into how vision becomes reality—not through charisma, but through system design.
Includes:
– Apple, Obama, Intuit
– OKRs, journey maps, design thinking
– When leadership fails (WeWork, Theranos)
Read here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlosraulmuozjr/p/transformational-leadership-igniting
#Leadership #SystemsThinking #OrganizationalDesign #ThinkSystem
#dataArchitects and #projectManagers and #systemsThinking people.... I'm checking in to see if people have tools they like for documenting their long term planning. I certainly have wikis and spreadsheets and they may really be the answer to publication and dissemination as I collect lists of every codebase in my purview and its known annual basic maintenance requirements. Anyone got thoughts about keeping track of over arching basic maintenance costs on teams (yes yes, I can ticket things, but this is the stage of the work before there are tickets). I am perfectly aware that tools don't solve these problems -- good old fashioned thought and note taking solves these problems, but I'm dithering over where and how to create some long-lived public artifacts and am curious if people like anything better than a wiki.