# Systems Thinking Lets Small Teams Do Outsized Work by Bryant McGill > “Systems thinking lets a small team do outsized work. Carefully designed pipelines and tools can allow a few people to accomplish what might otherwise require a large staff, which is why time invested in process design pays off.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Systems Thinking, Video Connection, and Protecting Your Creative Energy - Livestream (Jan 2016)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Systems Thinking, Video Connection, and Protecting Your Creative Energy - Livestream|Systems Thinking, Video Connection, and Protecting Your Creative Energy - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. - **Conceptual context:** Mapping dependencies and recurring flows reveals leverage points where tools, processes, or interfaces can change the performance of the whole system. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation|A Systems-Diagnostic Framework for Planetary-Scale Computation]] - **Article:** [[articles/Participation as an Information-Causal Principle|Participation as an Information-Causal Principle]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Systems Thinking, Video Connection, and Protecting Your Creative Energy - Livestream|Systems Thinking, Video Connection, and Protecting Your Creative Energy - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Systems Thinking|Systems Thinking]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Systems thinking lets a small team do outsized work. Carefully designed pipelines and tools can allow a few people to accomplish what might otherwise require a large staff, which is why time invested in process design pays off.” — Bryant McGill, Systems Thinking, Video Connection, and Protecting Your Creative Energy - Livestream (Jan 2016) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-systems-thinking-small-teams ```