What systems thinking can learn from history

A new concept of history would enable members of the systems community to reflect on two closely linked issues: teleology and a way of reasoning which arises out of it. In other words, by rethinking the role of a concept of history we will be able to grasp a sense of cultural purpose for a system or an organization and, next, be led into a way of reasoning which will direct the collective mind of such a system or organization as a whole.