Thinking in Systems is a concise insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. This essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st- century life.

Donella Meadows was a scientist, author, teacher, and farmer widely considered ahead of her time. She was one of the world's foremost systems analyst, winner of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, and Pulitzer Prize-nominee for her long-running newspaper column.