Scientific Disciplines

Most Are “Converging” On Systems Thinking

Past/current fields/disciplines trending towards Systems Thinking

Cybernetics (Norbert Wiener)
Chaos Theory (Jack Cohen, Margaret Wheatley)
Gestalt Therapy (Fritz Peris)
General Systems Theory(Ludwig von Bertalanffy)
Complexity Theory (M. Mitchell Waldrop, Stuart Kauffman)
Socio-Technical Systems Theory (Eric Trist)
Project Managers (various)
Information Systems (various)
TQM (Deming, Juran, etc.)
Operations Research (U.S. Navy)
Geodesic Domes (Buckminster Fuller) and lots of his other interdisciplinary works
Tao of Physics (Fritjof Capra)
Mind and Nature (Gregory Bateson)
Systems Thinking versus Analytic Thinking (Russ Ackoff) through his numerous books
The Structure of Scientific Revolution (Thomas Kuhn)
Organization Development (Barry Oshry)
Human Resource Management (Robert Brinkerhoff)
Biology (David Wann)
Physics (Murray Gell-Mann)
Mathematicians (Jay Forrester and others)
Astronomers
Neuroscientists
Philosophers (Russell Ackoff)
Economists (Roger Terry, Michael Rothschild, Kenneth Boulding)
Futurists (Joel Barker, John Naisbitt)
Educators (Richard Herrnstein and others)
Modern Artists (Tyler Volk and others)
Architects
Mythology (James Moore)
Leadership (Warren Blank)
Business/Management (Peter Drucker and others)
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences
Strategic Planning (Steve Haines)
Government (Alice Rivlin)
Psychology (Steven Covey)
Community Development (Don Eberly)
Spiritual (various)
System Dynamics (Jay Forrester)
Soft Systems Methodology (Peter Checkland)
Accelerated Learning (Dr. Georgi Lozanov)
And many other