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.

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

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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What's the real difficulty associated with managing time?

What do activities of these images have in common?

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

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

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

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.

New Learning tend to reduce Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning though our Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning inhibits new learning.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.

This is a model depicting the interactions of the Aesop's Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

All you wanted to do was put a bird feeder in your yard to attract birds and make for a more pleasant morning. And...

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..

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

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

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

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

What do activities of these images have in common?

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.