There's actually more to filling a swimming pool with water than you might realize.

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

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

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

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

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

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..

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

The structure responsible for rabbit population growth.

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

While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

If we pay close attention to our actions and the typical outcomes of those actions it would be evident that there are frequently occurring patterns that develop. And there is a relation between the patterns.

How we know what we know.

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

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

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.

What do activities of these images have in common?

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.

While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

What do activities of these images have in common?

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.