Answers & Outcomes

Topic: Systems thinking

Research that sees the system

August 13, 2025
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If you stand on a bridge at night, you might just notice the towers, the cables, and the road. But slow things down and the scene changes. Light trails start to show the movement, the...

Directing and managing systems

April 19, 2024
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Hostile Sheep has worked with dozens of organizations to design systems their customers love. After a decade of working with a wide spectrum of organizations, from fortune 100 companies to startups to charities, we’ve identified...

Continuous improvement is not a straight line

April 10, 2024
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Continuous improvement (often called continual improvement, more on that later) is commonly misperceived as being a process intended to move the needle in a positive way regarding a system, product or service. The misperception is...