New Learning tend to reduce Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning though our Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning inhibits new learning.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

There are limits to what one can infer from a qualitative model.

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

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

Based on a sound realization of reality we need an effective approach to dealing with situations which promotes the requisite understanding to develop a strategy that deals appropriately with the situation. A strategy which also is explicitly designed to minimize unintended consequences and puts in place responses to them should they arise.

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

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

The structure responsible for rabbit population growth.

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

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

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

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

To develop insights regarding a situation of interest there are a number of things should be considered to ensure a view of the relevant influences.

Rich Pictures, Causal Loop Diagrams and Stock & Flow Simulation Models are the three types of models most commonly used.

There are about a dozen known systems archetypes with an interesting set of relationships among them. Watch Video

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

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

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.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

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.

The Home Heating System can be used to demonstrate how we get caught in dilemmas and become victims of ourselves.

The Home Heating System can be used to demonstrate how we get caught in dilemmas and become victims of ourselves.

There are limits to what one can infer from a qualitative model.

To develop insights regarding a situation of interest there are a number of things should be considered to ensure a view of the relevant influences.