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

A model to use for the basics of storytelling.

A model to use for the basics of storytelling.

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

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

A goal seeking structure with delay can be responsible for behavior that's quite difficult to intuit. There is also a video for this insight with is a component of the Systems Archetypes Course.

Adding images to a model.

Balancing Loop Stock & Flow Simulation intended to show the effects time delay can have on the behavior of a simple balancing loop.

A model to use for enhanced storytelling and the article publishing lectures.

We create the future as a result of the manner in which we choose to engage with situations which concern us. There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Effective Problem Solving Course.

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

A goal seeking structure with delay can be responsible for behavior that's quite difficult to intuit. There is also a video for this insight with is a component of the Systems Archetypes Course.

A goal seeking structure with delay can be responsible for behavior that's quite difficult to intuit. There is also a video for this insight with is a component of the Systems Archetypes Course.

Understanding relationships is the foundation of effective problem solving. Though relations exists on multiple levels. There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Effective Problem Solving Course.

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

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

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.

A model to use for enhanced storytelling and the article publishing lectures.

OK, we have a problem. Yet do we really know what the problem is? There is a also a video for this insight.

We create the future as a result of the manner in which we choose to engage with situations which concern us. There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Effective Problem Solving Course.

This model is derived from the paper "Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened: Creating and Sustaining Process Improvement" by Nelson P. Repenning and John D Sterman. See Insight 752 for a causal loop version of this model.

Our actions are based on our beliefs and the results of those actions are the basis for our beliefs. The difficulty we create for ourselves is that we make assumptions as to how to interpret the results we select based on our beliefs. As a result we are often operating on a flawed perspective of reality.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

Understanding relationships is the foundation of effective problem solving. Though relations exists on multiple levels. There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Effective Problem Solving Course.