Applying systems thinking means that you expertly operate the concepts of the systems thinking transdiscipline.
Mastery of conceptual minimum means not only knowing every concept, but also the ability to interrelate them. When studying this course, you relate the concepts not only to each other, but also to the concepts of entrepreneurship, engineering and management.
From this slide, you can understand that if a person states that he or she will use the systems approach, it means that this person is planning to use the conceptual minimum of systems thinking in personal activity. If a person has not mastered those concepts, we may say that he or she is logical, systematic, professional, etc., but not a systems person.
A professional with a spectacular record also does not necessarily have systems thinking, though he/she is able to solve complex problems in their subject area. We will consider a systems actor a person, who has consciously [Attention is drawn to the conceptual minimum and its presence in working projects.] studied and uses the concepts of modern systems methodology in working and personal projects [Thereby, there is no 100% guarantee that those projects will be successful. However, under otherwise equal conditions, the probability of success is increasing if systems thinking is applied.].