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

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

The meaningful relationship between a business and its customers should be a reinforcing structure.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

OK, we have a problem. Yet do we really know what the problem is? There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Effective Problem Solving Learning Program.

A description of how Systems Thinking World came to be and where it's seems to be heading at present. There is a video for this at About Systems Thinking World

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

OK, we have a problem. Yet do we really know what the problem is? There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Effective Problem Solving Learning Program.

OK, we have a problem. Yet do we really know what the problem is? There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Effective Problem Solving Learning Program.

A Fixes that Fail structure is one where the applied fix makes things better for a while and then things go awry. There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Systems Archetypes Course.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

OK, we have a problem. Yet do we really know what the problem is? There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Effective Problem Solving Learning Program.

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

A Fixes that Fail structure is one where the applied fix makes things better for a while and then things go awry. There is a also a video for this insight which is a component of the Systems Archetypes Course.

This model is based the the New Learning Inhibited/Breaking the Cycle model http://insightmaker.com/insight/7018 It expands upon that model and integrates to a greater extent some of the concepts raised by Argyris, "Teaching Smart People How To Learn" 

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

Analysis has served us well in developing the understanding of things, at least to a point. Though analysis will not allow us to answer the why questions about things. For that we need synthesis. One might consider analysis and synthesis two sides of a coin that one shouldn't attempt to separate.

Understanding relationships is the foundation of effective problem solving.

New Learning tend to reduce Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning though our Outdated Thinking, Communicating & Learning inhibits new learning. The question is then how do we break this cycle. Adopted from "An Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA" by Barry Richmond.

A Tragedy of the Commons situation exists whenever two or more activities, each, which in order to produce results, rely on a shared limited resource. Results for these activities continue to develop as long as their use of the limited resource doesn't exceed the resource limit. Once this limit is reached the results produced by each activity are limited to the level at which the resource is replenished. As an example, consider multiple departments with an organization using IT resources, until they've exhausted IT capacity.

This model is an attempt to map out a template for a general implementation plan or strategy for the Enabling a Better Tomorrow process for use with New Community Paradigms

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