Systems Thinking · Foundational essay
Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System
Donella H. Meadows · 1999
An essay on how the structure of a system shapes its behaviour, from feedback and information flows to rules, goals and underlying assumptions.
The principle
What the source contributes.
Consider the relationships and incentives producing an outcome before choosing where to intervene.
Our interpretation
How it informs our approach.
Informs business-system mapping and the questions we ask about delays, feedback, information access and potential points of improvement.
This connection is MereSimplicity’s editorial interpretation. It is not a statement of endorsement by the authors or evidence of our product’s performance.
Assumptions & limits
Where the claim stops.
A conceptual guide, rather than a controlled evaluation. The most useful intervention depends on the system; the essay does not validate MereSimplicity’s engine.
Original source
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- Title
- Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System
- Authors / institution
- Donella H. Meadows
- Year
- 1999
- Publication type
- Foundational essay
- Journal / resource
- Sustainability Institute
- Publisher / issuer
- Sustainability Institute
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