Influences which work in opposition to sustainable capitalism and influences that might work to further promote it.

This is a revised version of the Insight Maker Model 605  Jackson's System of Systems Methodology (SOSM) framework for New Community Paradigms

This model is intended to profile the relevant stakeholders, their responsibilities and apparent motivations.

There are a number of habits that one should practice to improve their Systems Thinking skills.

This model is an attempt to map out a template for a general implementation plan or strategy for the Enabling a Better Tomorrow process for use with New Community Paradigms

It's now time for the stakeholders to take the investigation resulting from leverage and craft a strategy which will address the current situation in a manner that is beneficial to the whole system.

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.

This model incorporates the Accounts Payable Examples revised from the STW/STiA Certification program for use with New Community Paradigms

A representation of the initial perception of the situation associated with Big Box Distribution and it's overly lengthy average accounts receivable.

What's the real difficulty associated with managing time?

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.

Now that we have some context for the situation it's appropriate to begin to investigate, though possibly not where you might think. And the investigation is actually a bit hindered because management fired the accounts receivables department. What I'm really interested in is trends as to how things have evolved over time.

It is now appropriate to investigate the possible leverage points for the current situation in an attempt to understand the most appropriate components for the strategy.

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.

Clone of the Systems Thinking Certification program Leverage model. 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.

A quick set of examples for creating a simulation in Insight Maker.

This model identifies the boundaries and responsibilities of the various relevant stakeholders.

Thoughts on the growth of the Twitter user community presented as a causal loop diagram.

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...

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

It's now time for the stakeholders to take the investigation resulting from leverage and craft a strategy which will address the current situation in a manner that is beneficial to the whole system.

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