# Reusable Systems **Domain:** Systems Thinking / Software / Organizational Design **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Reusable Systems are designed solutions whose components, knowledge, or processes continue solving related problems beyond their first application.** ## Mechanism and Practice Reuse converts one act of construction into durable capacity. In software, organizations, and personal practice, abstraction and documentation reduce repeated effort while preserving learning for future work. ## Relationships [[wiki/Systems Thinking|Systems Thinking]] · [[wiki/Platform Strategy|Platform Strategy]] · [[wiki/Memory Architecture|Memory Architecture]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Build solutions that keep solving problems. Programmers value reusable code because it saves them from reinventing the wheel, and the same principle applies to life and business: ask whether what you build today can keep serving you in the future.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Systems Thinking, Video Connection, and Protecting Your Creative Energy - Livestream (Jan 2016)* [[reminders/Innovation/Build Solutions That Keep Solving Problems by Bryant McGill|Build Solutions That Keep Solving Problems by Bryant McGill]]