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Bringing “Background Analysis” to Foreground of Energy Policy

In this article, Donella Meadows shows how computer models — products of structural thinking — can help bring clarity to a complex issue. As she…

How Do You Know If Your Organization Is Learning?

Over the past year, since the publication of The Fifth Discipline, there has been a lot of activity and inquiry around the topic of how…

If People Are Assets, Why Do We Treat Them Like Expenses?

There is a lot of talk in the business community about “people being our most important assets.” It sounds like a good idea — recognizing…

Growth and Underinvestment: Is Your Company Playing with a Wooden Racket?

Do you recall the first time you picked up a tennis racket? Perhaps it was an old wooden racket you found in your garage, or…

The Do’s and Don’ts of Systems Thinking on the Job

So you’ve taken a systems thinking course — or maybe you’ve read a few issues of The Systems Thinker — and now you want to…

An Organizational View from the Bottom Up

New World Dictionary defines “manage” as “to train (a horse) to go through its paces, to manipulate, control the behavior and or movement of.” “Support”…

A Company That Refuses to Gauge Its Success Through Growth

There’s an astonishing page in the latest Patagonia sports clothing catalog, written by Yvon Chouinard, president of Patagonia. It tells why he’s decided that…

The Spirit of the Learning Organization

At one point in the movie Excalibur, King Arthur lay weakened in bed as his whole kingdom crumbled around him. Most of his knights…

Using “Drifting Goals” to Keep Your Eye on the Vision

As a child, did you ever have a contest to see who could build the tallest house out of playing cards? As you crafted…

The Emergence of Learning Communities

Meeting the challenges that face our society today will require us to go beyond traditional organizational, gender, and ethnic boundaries. Learning in community offers…