When endeavoring to develop an understanding of the nature of something it is generally useful to create a model of some type to aid in surfacing that understanding.

All the following have a common characteristic.

All the following have a common characteristic.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

This model is derived from the paper "Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened: Creating and Sustaining Process Improvement" by Nelson P. Repenning and John D Sterman. See Insight 752 for a causal loop version of this model.

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The structure responsible for rabbit population growth.

What's the real difficulty associated with managing time?

Joe P. is currently managing a project that's behind schedule and he's experiencing substantial pressure to get the project back on track.

While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

Simplest Innovation diffusion model from Sterman's Business Dynamics Ch 9

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

What do activities of these images have in common?

There's actually more to filling a swimming pool with water than you might realize.

There are about fifteen known archetypes with an interesting set of relationships among them.

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While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

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..

New Learning tend to reduce Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning though our Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning inhibits new learning. The question is then how do we break this cycle. Adopted from "An Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA" by Barry Richmond.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

This Romeo and Juliet Model was adapted by Geoff McDonnell from Michael J Radzicki (1993) Dyadic processes, tempestuous relationships, and system dynamics, System Dynamic Rev. 9 (1) :79-94

Joe P. is currently managing a project that's behind schedule and he's experiencing substantial pressure to get the project back on track.

There are about fifteen known archetypes with an interesting set of relationships among them.

SystemsWiki's Musings

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.