Deep thinkers hike

Topic of our discussion:
Systems thinking: How do you identify the root cause of a problem …instead of repeatedly reacting to its consequences?

There’s a tendency to address problems first hand at the surface…. instead of tracing it back to where and how it all started.

Maybe what’s troubling us didn’t begin where we think it did.

Perhaps the real source of a problem is rarely the thing we "thought" caused it. Like the saying: the straw that broke the camels back

So:

• What happens when we shift from “how do I fix this” to “what keeps producing this?”
• What are the pros and cons of treating the symptom of a problem first?

The trail is 3.5 miles, over 800 ft of elevation, considered a moderate hike.

I will greet you by the entrance of the trail, wait for everybody, then begin hiking at 8:10am.

📍1498 tunnel rd, Santa Barbara CA, 93105

Parking is available on the right side of the road (few hundred feet away on the way to the trail destination—you’ll see me there waving!👋)