Systems are defined as regularly interacting or interdependent groups of items forming a unified whole.
They can be found everywhere and in this increasingly globalised world, complex systems continuously spring to life.
For example, businesses from different nations are tied together in complex supply chain systems or technological networks compound high numbers of nodes and are increasingly interdependend with other systems.
System Thinking is an analytic skill set, that allows to perform problem solving in complex systems.
Understanding an existing system or creating a new system can be achieved using a Systems Approach.
Systems thinking is an approach that can be used working as a single researcher or in a team during a workshop or brainstorming sessions. There are many tools that can be used, for example for identifying the elements and environments, SWOT-Analysis, Business Modell Canvas or Mind Maps can be useful.