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Cover of Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows

Thinking in Systems: A Primer

Donella Meadows · 2008
Mentioned 9 times across 5 podcasts · 2022–2026
Mention timeline5 mentions
20222026
Where it's mentioned Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · 5×
2026
Netflix CPTO on AI and the future of product and tech roles | Elizabeth Stone
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jul 2026
“I think of this book that uh everyone always references with the slinky on the front. Speaking in systems. Yeah”
2025
10 contrarian leadership truths every leader needs to hear | Matt MacInnis (Rippling)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Dec 2025
“Thinking and systems. Donna Meadows. I always mispronounce her name, Donella Meadows. She died part way through writing this manuscript. Her fellow professors picked it up and finished it for her”
2024
The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jan 2024
“Thinking and Systems by Donatella Meadows”
2023
LinkedIn’s product evolution and the art of building complex systems | Hari Srinivasan (LinkedIn)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jul 2023
“The first one is called Thinking and Systems. It's the one I give kind of the team every now and then”
2022
Nickey Skarstad (Airbnb, Etsy, Shopify, Duolingo) on translating vision into goals, operationalizing product quality, second-order decisions, brainstorming, influence, and much more
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jul 2022
“A great book to read if you are a product person is Thinking and Systems by Danella Meadows”