Systems Intelligence: Connecting Engineering Thinking with Human Sensitivity *

This paper outlines the basic features of Systems Intelligence and discusses some of its fundamentals. Systems Intelligence combines insights of Systems Thinking with a pragmatic orientation and philosophy of life. We argue that Systems Intelligence is a new concept that is highly useful for understanding human behaviour in complex interactive settings, and in concrete efforts to generate change. We suggest that Systems Intelligence is something we apply as humans instinctively. Systems Intelligence combines engineering thinking with human sensitivity and thus serves as a foundation for a down-to-earth pragmatic philosophy of life of optimism and change.