Systems Thinking suggestions in The Bridge: Linking Engineering and Society, journal of the National Academy of Engineering, in the Winter 2020 issue, pages 4-5 "Editor's Note" by Guru Madhavan, George Poste, and William Rouse:

• Specialize less, systematize more. Working across divisions and abstractions can inform and guide better concepts, principles, models, methods, and tools. On matters of complexity, engineers need to confront the true value of various specializations, how far they can take us, and how they are rewarded.
• Get over physics envy, try ecology envy. Less Newton, more Darwin. Engineering achievements and ruins both hinge on reductionism fueled largely by physics. It's time to refocus on deep lessons from nature and culture and all their evolutions.
• Evolve logic and psychologic. Engineering training and algorithms encourage context blindness. Being sensitive to environments will require exercising intellectual senses as well as prudent forms of engineering.
• Foster discipline over disciplines. Complex systems can change faster than the mind can conceive them, and "solutions" can trigger undesirable outcomes. Staying attentive to failure modes requires discipline.
• Relate first, rationalize next. Complexity builds from relationships. Relating to one another is a civic act and engineering should be too. Rationality works only part time–and it's often hard to tell which part.
• Progress comes from participation. Engineers often feel conflicted about being "hired guns" or "order takers." Active reflection becomes a challenge. Broadening participation across populations may alleviate this discomfort. If there are no sacrifices, one might say, there's no engineering. Similarly, if there's no public participation, there's no progress.
• Focus more on care than creation. Capitalism is fueled by newness and novelty, or so the belief goes. But maintenance and care are sources of essential wisdom and traditions. Vital systems that support people need more care than reckless new creations.

... in other words, think bigger, think better, think together!

(cf Fifth Disciplinarians (2000-09-10), Systems Dynamics Advice (2017-07-12), The World We Truly Want (2018-10-13), Superpowers - Systems Thinking, Asking, and Listening (2019-01-29), Dancing with Systems (2019-06-21), Systems Thinking Icebergs (2019-06-27), Stocks and Flows and Causal Loops (2020-02-14), Scenario Planning and Probabilistic Forecasting (2020-12-10), ...) - ^z - 2021-03-04