1. An archetype is a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated.

It is most
often defined as an original pattern or model from which all other things of the same kind are
made. In the world, some cultures used it to storytelling their myths and as a way to spread a
religion by storytelling their prophet. In system thinking, archetypes could help us to jumpstart
our system analysis and find the typical model structure for our research. There a 4 biggest
pattern on archetypes which are Limits to Growth or Success, Shifting the Burden, Eroding Goals,
and Success to Successful.
2. By using archetypes, it helps us to predict the structure of the behavior thus can predict future
events. As we should be aware of, structure sometime hold us prisoner where we trap into a rule
how it should be structured. Therefore, by using it we will start to realize the trap and find
opportunities (from reacting to responding).
3. I can’t really think an archetype from the people from my personal life, however from the real
world that I know is Malcolm X and Prophet Muhammad SAW.
a. Malcolm X's personal transformation throughout his life, from a troubled youth involved
in criminal activities to a powerful advocate for civil rights and equality, aligns with the
Hero's Journey archetype. His journey involved facing personal trials, gaining wisdom,
and ultimately contributing to positive social change. He challenged the status quo,
particularly racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. His advocacy for
civil rights and self-defense for African Americans represented a rebellion against the
systemic oppression of his time.
b. In my religion, Prophet Muhammad is considered the last and final prophet. His life is
often seen as embodying the archetype of a prophet who receives divine revelations and
guides his community towards righteousness. The Prophet archetype often involves a
messenger who brings a transformative message to society.
4. Three Interesting:
a. There a 4 biggest pattern on archetypes which are Limits to Growth or Success, Shifting
the Burden, Eroding Goals, and Success to Successful.
b. Limits to Growth principle is about constraint, we should accept there are limits on
growth and then redefine the system to further make a growth in another constraint. In
Limits of growth there are 2 similar systems which are growth and underinvestment in
which its principle is invest in capacity for a long-term strategy and better start early for
delay effects. Next is attractiveness principles which its principle is to establish priorities.
We can detect it when the growth becomes stagnant, therefore using archetypes to
remove the balancing process before affecting growth. The second big pattern is Shifting
the burden where the symptom of the problem keeps returning in increasing scale then
slowing growth. To manage it, use multiple viewpoints to find underlying problems and
find fundamental solutions and action plan. There are 2 similar systems which fix the
tails where the consequence is getting higher, if we faced it, we should manage it by
predict and prepare and evaluate to improve or change. The next one is escalation
where the solution creates more problems. To manage it we should be aware of the
previous solution that creates the problem and identify the main goal from parties to
find the solution.
c. Eroding Goals archetypes is Settle for Less/Drifing goals where target keeps being
revised to match the decreasing performance. To manage it, we should identify the drift
 between goals and performance and find a reference from external by benchmarking or
customer survey to anchor more realistic goals. The last archetype, Success to be
Successful, is where two interactive groups have similarities but one of them lagging and
keeps missing targets. To manage it, avoid competing for the same resources and
identify goals or objectives that will refocus the definition of success on a broader
system. This archetype is divided into two types. The first one accidental adversaries
where both target/teams declining in sync. To manage it, identify the goals and renew
the shared vision and commit team learning. The last one is tragedy of the commons
where the gain reduce even, they are increase. To manage it, expand the resources and
reevaluate the nature of the commons.
5. Questions:
a. In what ways do external factors contribute to the imposition of limits on organizational
growth?
b. In personal development, what are effective strategies for preventing the erosion of
long-term goals?