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

This diagram presents the valid relationships between stocks, flows, and parameters. Ghosts of Stocks, Flows, and Converters can be created as needed.

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.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

This fixes that fail diagram describes how people often address symptoms, but not fundamental causes.  Poke yoke is a design principle that operates in one of two ways.  One is to prevent the defect from occurring, which addresses the source.  This is ideal because there are no defective products to scrap or rework.

The other is one that prevents defective work-in-process from being passed on to the next stage.  This does not prevent the defect from occurring.  There is still the scrap and rework, but it prevents the product from reaching the customer.

The model construction process is actually a balancing loop which endeavors to employ an abstract version of real events to form a model which produces conclusions and behavior which mimic the real events.

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

Original Insight (#1366) by Gene Bellinger

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

Insight Maker is completely web based making it easy to develop and share models, allows concurrent multi-user editing, and just happens to be FREE, which a pretty good feature/price ratio.

Part 1 demonstrates Picture primitives and Links to create representations of interactions. These are made visually attractive because the Picture primitives are overlayed with images.

Clone of IM-752 map for working simulation model This model is derived from "Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened: Creating and Sustaining Process Improvement" by Nelson P. Repenning and John D Sterman. An expanded map is at IM-1918.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

Addiction Systems Archetype Stock & Flow Diagram.

Shifting the Burden/SFD is a segment of Systems Archetypes in the Systemic Perspective Series.

The Reinforcing Loop Systems Archetype is one of the two most basic Systems Archetypes. The Balancing Loop being the other one.

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 is a also a video for this insight.

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.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

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

Addiction Systems Archetype Causal Loop Diagram.

Understanding Relationship and Their Implications: The Essence of AND?

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

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