{"id":20434,"date":"2025-09-26T22:23:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/?page_id=20434"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:23:40","slug":"ws_systems_thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/lead_innov\/workshops\/ws_systems_thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Systems Thinking and Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When reality doesn\u2019t change even though you know it, still act to make a difference.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In our society, causes and effects are not always found close to each other. Our actions can create unintended outcomes in distant places or times, often resulting in realities that nobody wanted. For example: using insecticides to prevent malaria, only to trigger outbreaks of other diseases; expanding roads to ease traffic, only to worsen congestion with even more cars; launching promotions to meet sales targets, only to repeat the same challenges every quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can we address such challenges that emerge from webs of interdependent connections? Systems thinking allows us to dig deeper into these \u201cconnections\u201d and strengthen our capacity to create results we truly desire, rather than relying on superficial fixes. In this workshop, we will focus on systems thinking while also touching on the concepts of \u201clearning organizations\u201d and \u201cmental models,\u201d exploring what leadership means in our complex society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcc2 Category<\/strong><\/td>Motivation<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udccc Keywords<\/strong><\/td>Interdependence, Leadership<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udfaf Objectives<\/strong><\/td>To learn perspectives and methods for recognizing complex situations and creating desired outcomes, and to apply them to participants\u2019 own challenges.<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udf10 Language<\/strong><\/td>English (with Japanese support)<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udc65 Target Participants<\/strong><\/td>Graduate & Undergraduate Students<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\uddd3 Format<\/strong><\/td>In-person, two consecutive sessions (5 hours each). Full attendance required.<\/td><\/tr>
\u2705 Past & Upcoming Sessions<\/strong><\/td>#1: January 25, 2026 (Sun) 10:00 \u2013 16:00<\/strong>
#2: February 8, 2026 (Sun) 10:00 \u2013 16:00<\/strong><\/strong>
Held annually<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udccd Venue<\/strong><\/td>S4-202, Ookayama<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udf1f Recommended for<\/strong><\/td>Students who:
– Want to establish guiding principles for action in situations where many elements are intertwined.
– Feel stuck in unproductive patterns but wish to break through and take new initiative.<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udcca Points<\/strong><\/td>10 points (Points to be awarded to students enrolled in the courses<\/a> for credits. Please refer to the syllabus for details.)<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Capacity<\/strong><\/td>30 participants<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Main Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Experiential games to understand how \u201csystems\u201d work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Hands-on analysis of participants\u2019 own challenges using systems thinking tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Exercises for working with mental models.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Facilitator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Akihiro Fukutani<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    After working in corporate planning at a Japanese venture firm and marketing at a U.S. healthcare company, Fukutani supported Peter Senge\u2019s workshops at the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) in the U.S. For over a decade, he studied directly with Senge as a mentee. Since 2018, he has co-run the \u201cLearning School Lab,\u201d promoting systems thinking and learning organization practices in education. He currently serves as Systems Thinking Education Advisor at the Kumahira Security Foundation and as a board member of SoL Japan, supporting the introduction of systems thinking in middle schools, high schools, and universities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Past Event Records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Voices from Participants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • By examining examples of complex systems and their link to leadership, I received persuasive and valuable insights. I strongly hope such excellent classes will spread widely.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Through the game, I was able to realize the presence of systems behind organizational behavior.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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      Contact Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Yuri Matsuzaki, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Academy for Leadership
      \ud83d\udce9 matsuzaki.y.77a9 [at] m.isct.ac.jp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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