When lawyers start coming up to us and saying "I see what you did there!", let's ask them what they call it. :) Meanwhile... Actually, the closest term I've c

When lawyers start coming up to us and saying "I see what you did there!", let's ask them what they call it. :) Meanwhile... Actually, the closest term I've come across personally is "systems thinking". (A phrase with its own splendid, storied history, by the way!)