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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Based on 1990 SDR Article. Control systems act to make their own input match internal standards or reference signals. Competent control systems create illusions of stimulus response causality. Stimulus-response theory can approximate the relationship between disturbance and action, but it can't predict the consequences of behavior. These consequences are maintained despite disturbances. See also Double loop learning and Nurse Thinking Insights

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.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

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

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.

This Romeo and Juliet Model was adapted by Geoff McDonnell from Michael J Radzicki (1993) Dyadic processes, tempestuous relationships, and system dynamics, System Dynamic Rev. 9 (1) :79-94

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

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

What do activities of these images have in common?

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.

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.

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 the following have a common characteristic.