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The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

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Moose and Wolves

Gene Bellinger

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Consider the following "Sustaining the Forest" model intended to provide another example of how unexpected the behavior of a web of extended interactions can be.

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Sustaining the Forest

Gene Bellinger

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While all things are related for a particular situation all things are not relevant. We need to develop a simplified model of reality which depicts those interactions which are responsible for the patterns of behavior and current situation. We want the simplest model which enables the requisite understanding. This is no easy task though.

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theWay/Interacting Components

Gene Bellinger

Understanding relationships is the foundation of effective problem solving. Though relations exists on multiple levels.

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theWay/Understanding

Gene Bellinger

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Yesterday's actions are responsible for the world we experience today. And today's actions are responsible for the world that we will experience tomorrow. The "Creating the Future" model is intended to provide a better sense of the common process associated with the unexpected unfolding of the future..

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Creating the Future

Gene Bellinger

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Thoughts on why storytelling is critical for enabling others to understand relationship models once they're developed. This was done for the Learning Community Group at ODU Mar 2019.

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Storytelling for Understanding (ODU)

Gene Bellinger

The situation Big Box Distribution considers to be a problem is an average accounts receivable period which is considered unacceptable as it is costing them money.

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Receivables/Situation

Gene Bellinger

Shifting the Burden Archetype (Cite: Gene Bellinger)

Jake Jacobson

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While understanding the interacting components responsible for the situation is important it is even more important to understand the stakeholders as they are the ones responsible for the interacting components being the way they are.

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theWay/Stakeholders

Gene Bellinger

Imagine you could create anything you chose with the existing technology and resources. What would it be?

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theWay/Ideal Alternative

Gene Bellinger

Now that we have some context for the situation it's appropriate to begin to investigate, though possibly not where you might think. And the investigation is actually a bit hindered because management fired the accounts receivables department. What I'm really interested in is trends as to how things have evolved over time.

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Receivables/Behaviour

Gene Bellinger

Escalation Archetype (Cite: Gene Bellinger)

Jake Jacobson

Network Magic's rapid growth creates a growing demand for resources. And the more they satisfy their customers the more difficult the problem becomes.

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Network Magic/Understanding

Gene Bellinger

Developing a strategy for dealing with a situation begins with a description of the situation and the preferred state for today, not in some distant future, and the perceived implications of not doing anything.

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theWay/Situation

Gene Bellinger

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OK, we have a problem. Yet, do we really know what the problem is? More often than not we look at the symptoms, consider them the problem and attempt to fix them. This actually dooms us to failure because they're only symptoms.

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SystemsWiki's Musings

The Real Problem

Gene Bellinger

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Thoughts on why it's not possible to sell systems thinking, or anything else to a person or an organization.

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Postscript

Gene Bellinger

An escalation structure results from two or more competing entities with the competition taking them to somewhere none of them want to be. See also Archetypes.

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Escalation Archetype

Stockinger Rene

Strategy is simply an idea as to how to move the current situation to the desired situation though it is seldom simple by any means. If the strategy is to be successful how numerous elements will be able support each other through the transition must be defined.

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theWay/Strategy

Gene Bellinger

Our actions are based on our beliefs and the results of those actions are the basis for our beliefs. The difficulty we create for ourselves is that we make assumptions as to how to interpret the results we select based on our beliefs. As a result we are often operating on a flawed perspective of reality.

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theWay/Assumptions

Gene Bellinger

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It's now time for the stakeholders to take the investigation resulting from leverage and craft a strategy which will address the current situation in a manner that is beneficial to the whole system.

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And? Understanding Relationships & Their Implications.

Receivables/Strategy

Gene Bellinger

To this point the Situation, Behavior, Model, Stakeholder and Boundary aspects of this situation have been investigated. It is now appropriate to consider the assumptions that have been made to this point and ensure we are on a solid foundation before proceeding to the Leverage and Strategy aspects are considered.

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Receivables/Assumptions

Gene Bellinger

There are things we can influence and usually a broader array of things we are concerned about though can't influence. It's important to know the differerence otherwise we waste our energies trying to change things we have no influence over.

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theWay/Influence & Concern

Gene Bellinger

A shifting the burden structure occurs when there are different ways to address a situation. With one approach being easier, faster, and requiring fewer resources, which do you think gets pursued? The problem is that taking the easier path ensures one will have to take the easier path repeatedly, and makes it harder to pursue the long-term better solution.

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This is a summary version of the theWay model which presents the essence of the overall model though not all the detailed pieces. It was created as a way to get a quick sense of all the pieces at once.

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