From SDR Jan 2012 article  and 1988 killian award lectures Youtube
Methods Forrester System Dynamics Rubik Mental Models Dynamic Health Care Systems Science

From SDR Jan 2012 article  and 1988 killian award lectures Youtube

Mental Models of Dynamic Systems
Geoff McDonnell
3 months ago
WIP to explain iterative modelling of linkages over space and time see also  causal pathways IM
Association Health Care Realist Mechanism Correlation CMO Methods Prevention Causation
WIP to explain iterative modelling of linkages over space and time see also causal pathways IM
Linkages among objects
Geoff McDonnell
3
Summary of Ray Pawson's Book The Science of Evaluation: A Realist Manifesto See also  lse review  2013
Realist Methods Evaluation
Summary of Ray Pawson's Book The Science of Evaluation: A Realist Manifesto See also lse review 2013
The Science of Evaluation
Geoff McDonnell
2 weeks ago
Based on a book  chapter by Rosemarie Sadsad based on her PhD Thesis . See also other Insights tagged Multiscale and Realist (  IM-3546  and IM-3834 are embedded here)
Methods Realist Health Care Multiscale
Based on a book chapter by Rosemarie Sadsad based on her PhD Thesis. See also other Insights tagged Multiscale and Realist ( IM-3546 and IM-3834 are embedded here)
Multiscale modeling process
Geoff McDonnell
10 months ago
From blog entry  understandingsociety Meaning and Causation. Expanded from  IM-1163
Social Culture Health Care Social Networks Sociology Methods Causation

From blog entry understandingsociety

Meaning and Causation. Expanded from IM-1163

Social Mechanisms
Geoff McDonnell
WIP based on Mascia2017 Analyzing conservation strategies  article  and other mostly private insights. A more detailed form of structure agency  IM-1163
Causation Program Politics Intervention CCP Prevention Health Care Policy Multiscale Methods Social Determinants SDOH
WIP based on Mascia2017 Analyzing conservation strategies article and other mostly private insights. A more detailed form of structure agency IM-1163
Intervention Types Mechanisms and Effects
Geoff McDonnell
3
Clone of In-24664. One question that I seem to be getting more and more often is "Should I do this in Insight Maker or Kumu?" At one time that was an easy answer, and still is for certain things, for others it's becoming more and more difficult. There is a also a  video  for this insight which is a
CST Methods Udemy
Clone of In-24664. One question that I seem to be getting more and more often is "Should I do this in Insight Maker or Kumu?" At one time that was an easy answer, and still is for certain things, for others it's becoming more and more difficult. There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Certified Systems Thinker Course.
Clone of Insight Maker or Kumu
Geoff McDonnell
From Stephen Toulmin's Book The Uses of Argument Cambridge University Press 2003. See  wikipedia   Also Francis Miller Claim Hexagon 2025 web article
Methods Realist Health Care Inference Reasoning

From Stephen Toulmin's Book The Uses of Argument Cambridge University Press 2003. See wikipedia  Also Francis Miller Claim Hexagon 2025 web article

Toulmin and Miller Argument Models
Geoff McDonnell
2 months ago
Hybrid conceptual mapping of relationships involving system causal loop diagram linked with ABM. Output of the problem conceptualization phase of the modelling process prior to developing a computational hybrid model in AnyLogic. Includes Nate Osgood's O PARTIES extension of Ross Hammond's PARTE. Se
Methods Multiscale Design ABM Agent Hybrid AnyLogic Map Concept
Hybrid conceptual mapping of relationships involving system causal loop diagram linked with ABM. Output of the problem conceptualization phase of the modelling process prior to developing a computational hybrid model in AnyLogic. Includes Nate Osgood's O PARTIES extension of Ross Hammond's PARTE. See also earlier Canadian version Insight
Conceptual map of hybrid CLD and ABM
Geoff McDonnell
3
From MIT ESD work ( de Weck Ilities ) esp on Survivability (Medecki) http://bit.ly/HVsceb  and Unarticulated Value (Ross) 2006 PhD pdf
Methods Capability Value Health Care Built Environment Resilience

From MIT ESD work (de Weck Ilities ) esp on Survivability (Medecki) http://bit.ly/HVsceb and Unarticulated Value (Ross) 2006 PhD pdf

Clone of System Change Value and Ilities
lee gwo guang
WIP ideas for group model building representation See later Australian Version Hybrid  Insight
Methods Concept Services Health Care Hybrid Multiscale
WIP ideas for group model building representation See later Australian Version Hybrid  Insight
Saskatoon Context for Group Model Building
Geoff McDonnell
Based on G.P. Cimellaro et al. Framework for analytical quantification of disaster resilience Engineering Structures 32 (2010) 3639–3649  paper
Behavior Hospital Disaster Performance Health Care Resilience Methods

Based on G.P. Cimellaro et al. Framework for analytical quantification of disaster resilience Engineering Structures 32 (2010) 3639–3649 paper

Facilities Disaster Resilience
Geoff McDonnell
Some insights from  Albert O. Hirschman's Book. THe use of Jeopardy, Perversity and Futility as Stories to justify either progress or the status quo. See also   Toulmin IM-1175  and  T he Passions and the Interests IM-12444
Reasoning Culture Methods Book Hirschman Argument Dialog
Some insights from  Albert O. Hirschman's Book. THe use of Jeopardy, Perversity and Futility as Stories to justify either progress or the status quo. See also Toulmin IM-1175 and The Passions and the Interests IM-12444
The Rhetoric of Reaction
Geoff McDonnell
From Werner Ulrich 's JORS Articles Operational research and critical systems thinking – an integrated perspective. Part 1 : OR as applied systems thinking.  Journal of the Operational Research Societ y advance online publication (14 December 2011). and Part 2  :OR as argumentative practice. Se
Methods Realist Systemic Health Care Critical CST Ulrich CSH

From Werner Ulrich's JORS Articles Operational research and critical systems thinking – an integrated perspective. Part 1: OR as applied systems thinking. Journal of the Operational Research Society advance online publication (14 December 2011). and Part 2 :OR as argumentative practice.

See also insight on Boundary Critique

Critical Systems Thinking
Geoff McDonnell
3 7 months ago
A model of the ladder of inference which shows how we short circuit reality based on the assumptions and beliefs we develop  IM-351 . Combined with the cyclical scientific process described by Gary An.
Inference Decision Making Health Care Methods Behavior

A model of the ladder of inference which shows how we short circuit reality based on the assumptions and beliefs we develop IM-351. Combined with the cyclical scientific process described by Gary An.

Ladder of Inference and Cyclical Scientific Process
Geoff McDonnell
3
Overview of Evaluation Approaches from Pawson and Tilley's Book  comparing Realist, Constructivist, Experimental and Pragmatic Evaluation Approaches. Combined with Van de Ven's Alternative Philosophies of Science in his Engaged Scholarship  book . See also Burrell and Morgan's research paradigms v
Philosophy Social Research Methods Realist Evaluation Health Care Science Inquiry
Overview of Evaluation Approaches from Pawson and Tilley's Book comparing Realist, Constructivist, Experimental and Pragmatic Evaluation Approaches. Combined with Van de Ven's Alternative Philosophies of Science in his Engaged Scholarship book. See also Burrell and Morgan's research paradigms video
Realistic and Other Evaluation Methods
Geoff McDonnell
2 weeks ago
WIP based on Nate Osgood's Motivation for Dynamic Simulation Models in System Science Lecture see  Youtube video  at 20:34
Methods Health Care Complexity Intervention Motivation Systems Science Inference Causation
WIP based on Nate Osgood's Motivation for Dynamic Simulation Models in System Science Lecture see Youtube video at 20:34
Clone of Explaining and Intervening in Complex Systems
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Diagrams from Greene 2017 nejm  article  Putting the patient back together Social Medicine, Network Medicine, and the Limits of Reductionism
Biomedical The Body And Self Methods Complexity Health Care Multiscale Reductionism Brain Mental Holism
Diagrams from Greene 2017 nejm article Putting the patient back together Social Medicine, Network Medicine, and the Limits of Reductionism
Network medicine
Geoff McDonnell
2 months ago
Adding change over time to relative risk, odds ratio and population attributable fraction epidemiology concepts see  wikipedia  and  examples  . Could also add deaths and competing risks
Population Health Care Methods Epidemiology
Adding change over time to relative risk, odds ratio and population attributable fraction epidemiology concepts see wikipedia and examples .
Could also add deaths and competing risks
Relative Risk dynamics
Geoff McDonnell
Incorporating organizational factors into Probabilistic Risk Assessment(PRA) of complex socio-technical systems: A hybrid technique formalization article . For more detail of the blue area see performance shaping factors  Insight  
Performance Capability Technology Methods Systems Risk Health Care

Incorporating organizational factors into Probabilistic Risk Assessment(PRA) of complex socio-technical systems: A hybrid technique formalization article. For more detail of the blue area see performance shaping factors Insight 

Socio Technical Risk Assessment
Geoff McDonnell
4 9 months ago
From MIT ESD work ( de Weck Ilities ) esp on Survivability (Medecki) http://bit.ly/HVsceb  and Unarticulated Value (Ross) 2006 PhD pdf
Value Resilience Health Care Capability Methods Built Environment

From MIT ESD work (de Weck Ilities ) esp on Survivability (Medecki) http://bit.ly/HVsceb and Unarticulated Value (Ross) 2006 PhD pdf

Clone of System Change Value and Ilities
Zissis Palaskas
based on  Kolb 2005 article  and 1984 publication on Experiential Learning and  Pepper World Hypotheses  via John Barton. See also The Art of the State IM   and Social Relations Worldviews IM   and  The Educated Mind IM
Methods Inference Culture Learning Knowledge Synthesis Realist Analogy Metaphor
based on Kolb 2005 article and 1984 publication on Experiential Learning and Pepper World Hypotheses via John Barton. See also The Art of the State IM  and Social Relations Worldviews IM  and The Educated Mind IM
The Structure of Learning and Knowledge
Geoff McDonnell
2 weeks ago
From Am J Public Health April 2015 Article   Relates to Service Identification in the  Health Service Network Improvement Matrix IM
Methods Health Care Services Performance
From Am J Public Health April 2015 Article  Relates to Service Identification in the Health Service Network Improvement Matrix IM
Health Care Delivery Framework
Geoff McDonnell
Clone of  IM-806  modified to integrate AnyLogic Real world, Model World with Van de Ven Engaged Scholarship and Land Use Modelling approaches. See also  Complex Decision Technologies IM
Virtual Realist Experiment Methods Decision Making Inference Health Care Inquiry

Clone of IM-806 modified to integrate AnyLogic Real world, Model World with Van de Ven Engaged Scholarship and Land Use Modelling approaches. See also Complex Decision Technologies IM

Real World and Model World
Geoff McDonnell
9 months ago