The Button primitive enables you to write JavaScript code that controls various aspects of the model via the Insight Maker API.

Time Settings are used to define the simulation start time, duration, and the step size used from one calculation to another.

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

The strategy is actually a set of structural changes that have to be made to the relationships that cause the future to be different than the past.

We are embedded in a larger system and unless we realize it an act accordingly we are likely to be the victim of it. From Introduction to System Dynamics: Overview by John Sterman

All the insights you create will be with components from the Add Primitive menu and they will be connected together with Flows/Transitions or Links.

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.

This Savings Model is the third in the series. It illustrates the difference in savings over time for a doctor or for a skilled worker who went to a trade school.

• Traditional Career Model
• Loan Cost Model

A map of the elements associated with Systems Thinking as defined by different sources.

OK, we have a problem. Yet, do we really know what the problem is? More often than not we look at the symptoms, consider them the problem and attempt to fix them. This actually dooms us to failure because they're only symptoms.

This is just a sample to use for describing the Scratchpad feature in Insight Maker.

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Diagram from a paper by James B. Rieley entitled "The Euro Financial Crisis: Making Sense of the Mess".

Demo of population growth with distinct agents.

We never seem to have enough time. Is Time Management an answer or just a myth?

The delays associated with adjusting the shower is a very common example of the Balancing Loop with Delay Systems Archetype. 

This model is an element of the effective problem solving program.

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A number of questions considered relative to Systems Thinking.

Population Growth in an Agrarian Society with the addition of Industry.

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Bathtub model with max fill rate control added to account for the maximum rate water can enter via the faucet.

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The issue of increasing private and government debt to banks is a major concern after the financial crisis of 2008 (see Figure at link given below). In order to understand why our society and government is increasingly indebted to banks we need to understand how our current money system works and why we need a continuous infusion of new money in a growing economy. “Why We Are Increasingly Indebted To Banks?” investigates the reasons behind this and suggest a possible solution.

Inventory Model v3.0 adds target inventory adjustment to maintain desired service level. See also: Inventory Model v2.0.

Are there environmental/physical limits to humanity? Based on the Are There Limits? blog post by Tom Fiddaman.

What do activities of these images have in common?

This is a template which one might use as a basis for creating Insight Maker Relationship models. Links have default style of the blue ones in the diagram. The easiest way to get the red dashed links is to CTRL+d to duplicate them and then connect where appropriate.