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.

Population Growth in an Agrarian Society with the addition of Deaths and Food Consumption.

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

Trying to understand the affect of loans on money in circulation.

The Button primitive enables you to write JavaScript code that controls various aspects of the model via the Insight Maker API.

The process as currently understood for developing and managing the scripts associated with videos and webinars.

Perspective on the difference between Process and System.

An example of dynamic equilibrium from Change Management: A Columbo Approach.

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

This model introduces the S/O and +/- notation for depicting the relations that might exist between two elements along with why the +/- notation is preferred.

What seems to make sense at this point is to first identify the functional aspects of the tool set even though we're aware they cannot all come from one vendor.

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.

There exists a well defined set of possible ways to alter an existing set of interactions. Each of these alterations will produce a particular effect depending on the relations the change is relative to. Identifying which are possible and which will migrate the interactions to produce the desired situation is the essence of the strategy.

To this point components which are likely so support aspects of a virtual collaboration have been identified. The question now becomes how does one foster interactions between participants such that there is a definite possibility of producing meaningful results.

A map of the elements associated with Systems Thinking as defined by different sources.

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.

Network Magic is high tech start up growing rapidly and having difficulty developing resources to respond to customer demand.

Video

The intent here is to provide guidance for creating well structured and documented relationship maps that you can share with your audience and they are likely to find understandable and informative.

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).

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

A quick example for creating a simulation in Insight Maker.

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. 

Derived from a model at the Meadows institute. http://bit.ly/zI4axo.

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

Causal Loop Diagram Notation.

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

There are two basic modes of organizational operation, one founded on the concept of management and one founded on the concept of leadership. These two modes represent very different systemic structures.

Investigating the behavior of several variables over time has probably raised more questions than answers. As such now it's time to investigate what else might be influencing the trending of these variables.