The basic managerial idea introduced by systems thinking, is that to manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts ra… - Russell L. Ackoff

The higher standard of living, the more consideration we give to the fun we derive from what we do and its meaningfulness.

Because we cannot yet (1) characterize all the possible experimental designs along quantitative scales and (2) generate cost-of-error functions, comparisons must be made in specific contexts rather than by use of analytic optimizing.

We have also come to realize that no problem ever exists in complete isolation. Every problem interacts with other problems and is therefore part of a set of interrelated problems, a system of problems I choose to call such a system a mess ... Furthermore solutions to most problems produce other problems... a financial problem, a maintenance problem, and conflict among family members for its use.