How a Savings Account works.

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..

When one undertakes to create a model there are a number of guidelines that are considered essential for consideration if there is to be a success with the model.

This page contains a set of models associated with the LinkedIn discussion which was an endeavor to develop a Systemic Perspective associated with Chris Argyris' "Teaching Smart People How to Learn" article.

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The simple savings account is used to demonstrate the nature of a reinforcing loop. Change the initial amount and interest rate and run the model to see the implications of changing these values.

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Example of using Pulse function to create a recurring delay.

Demo of population growth with distinct agents.

The structure responsible for rabbit population growth.

Little Red Riding Hood walking through the woods to Grandma's house. How long will it take?

A number of questions considered relative to Systems Thinking.

A Conveyor is just a special type of a stock.

Model supporting research of investment vs. austerity implications. Please refer to Modern Money & Public Purpose Video.

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21st Century Systems Thinking Skills as depicted b Viktor Vojko. Adapted from Systems thinking: critical thinking skills for the 1990s and beyond by Barry Richmond.

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

How does a goal seeking structure progress with a resource constraint.

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

A spatially aware, agent based model of disease spread. There are three classes of people: susceptible (healthy), infected (sick and infectious), and recovered (healthy and temporarily immune).

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The generic stock & flow form for a balancing loop.

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Insight Maker is web based multi-user modeling and simulation environment which enables distributed virtual collaboration.

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The meaningful relationship between a business and its customers should be a reinforcing structure.

Reinforcing Loop/SFD Simulation allow one to experience the explicit implications of the interactions.

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The virtuous reinforcing loop is what happens when you just do it with a trial and learning mindset.

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This Loan Cost Model is the second in the series. It takes into account the potential cost of student loans in the case that the student does not manage to graduate college or does not succeed in their career.

• Traditional Career Model
• Savings Model