In "Leverage Points" Donella Meadows ranks the ways of driving change in a system, from least to most effective. "Power has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with strategically, profoundly, madly letting go"
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"Reducing the gain around a positive loop — slowing the growth — is usually a more powerful leverage point in systems than strengthening negative loops, and much preferable to letting the positive loop run."

- #DonellaMeadows, 'Leverage Points'

https://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/

Yes I've posted this link and some quotes from it already, but I'm posting again because it's so important and useful.

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Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System

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