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Farmers removed the leopards, then baboons overran their crops. Which leadership idea explains this?
Systems thinking, seeing how all the parts connect.
- Systems thinking ✔
- Contingent reward
- Laissez-faire
Why: Systems thinking means seeing how the parts of a whole affect each other. Leopards had kept baboons in check, so removing them made a new problem. In a squadron, changing one part can ripple into others.
Huh, didn't know that: Peter Senge calls systems thinking the fifth discipline that ties the other four together.
Why did the baboons throw a party? The farmers solved their leopard problem.
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Answer: Systems thinking. Systems thinking means seeing how the parts of a whole affect each other. Leopards had kept baboons in check, so removing them made a new problem. In a squadron, changing one part can ripple into others.
- Learn to Lead, Volume 2, Chapter 7 (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Vol2LetterLowFinal_8BDFDB373E830.pdf
In a system, you can't “solve” one problem by looking at it in isolation.
Checked 2026-10-10.
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