Why Systems Thinking Will Help You Understand Complex Problems and Identify New Opportunities?

In this serie 4 of 'Circular Disruption' we will discuss how tackling complex problems in an open system requires reflective thinking in a feedback loop.

A systems thinker acknowledges that the relationship between components is as meaningful as the components themselves; a systems thinker can study the connections and highlight the potential dangers.

This requires a shift in mindset from linear to circular.

Let's learn and exchange with a fantastic and international group of circular disruptors.

Juana-Catalina Rodriguez - Co-host

Juana-Catalina is a serial intrapreneur and entrepreneur.

She had developed multiple innovation projects in several industries, including fast-moving consumer goods, retail, financial services, mobile retail, cloud storage, digital identities, digital transformation, and social innovation across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and North America.

She is a startup advisor, author, and founder of JnC Nova. Juana-Catalina is an executive coach for the Stanford GSB Seed-Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies and Stanford GSB LEAD for global executives and entrepreneurs.

Juanita Pied - co-host

A thought leader with a solid business acumen built over her 15+ years career in Investment Banking and Development Banking, Juanita came to the conclusion that the Circular Economy will be the most impactful solution to protect Natural Capital and Human Capital.

You can find her thought pieces published as J4Change on Medium https://medium.com/@ljpied.

She is currently leading a bank-wide change management program at IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which financed and mobilized $23bn of new financing to Latin America in 2021.