- What do we call complicated real-world problems?
- ‘Radical’ problems
- ‘Wicked’ problems
- ‘Impossible’ problems
- ‘Difficult’ problems
- What is the name of the way of approaching a problem you are learning?
- ‘Systems thinking’
- ‘Systematic thought’
- ‘Node solving’
- ‘Making toast’
- What do we call the pieces within a system?
- ‘Units’
- ‘Relationships’
- ‘Nodes’
- ‘Parts’
- What part of a system do we most need to learn about to understand how it works?
- Nodes
- Relationships
- Inputs
- Boundaries
Think about driving a car.
- Which of these are nodes?
- The speed of the car
- The wheels of the car
- The direction of the car
- The destination of the car
- Which of these nodes have relationships to the wheels of the car?
- The speed of the car
- The brakes of the car
- The direction of the car
- The steering wheel of the car
- Which of these paired nodes have a relationship that affects the direction of the car?
- The wheels of the car and the steering wheel
- The pedals of the car and the steering wheel
- The ignition and the pedals
- The driver and the pedals