Systems Thinking; The City is a System of Systems.

Systems Thinking is a learned skill. Systems thinking and creative thinking are the yin and yang of thoughtfulness; apparently conflicting but actually complementary. Systems thinking is about structure and discipline. Creative thinking is about organic free-form exploration and associative ideating. Like the duality of yin and yang, when practiced correctly, systems and creative thought are complementary and mutually reinforcing.

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