Everything in your business is connected to something else

When you’re building a product, it’s easy to look at one piece at a time.

The landing page. The onboarding flow. The pricing. The support inbox. Each one feels like a self-contained problem with its own answer.

But that’s not really how businesses work. The pieces aren’t independent. They influence each other constantly.

A change to your pricing affects who signs up. A change to onboarding affects what users feel ready to do. A small tweak to your support process can ripple all the way to retention. Push one thing and several others move.

Systems thinking is the habit of seeing those connections — and using them, instead of being surprised by them.

It’s not a technical skill. It’s a way of paying attention.

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