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How Is This Similar to That?
In a handful of classrooms across the country, middle and high school students are learning about the dynamics of systems by experimenting with a…
Applying System Dynamics to Public Policy: The Legacy of Barry Richmond
System dynamicist Barry Richmond was one of those larger-than-life characters whom one seldom encounters in this world. His incisive intellect, passion for building understanding,…
Future Thinking by Middle Managers: A Neglected Necessity
This is a story about what happened to a group of technical managers working in a multinational corporation, the Big Can Corporation (BCC)*, when…
Creating the World Anew
In May I had the honor to give a talk at a major international conference on systems approaches to management in Vienna, as part…
The Inescapable Need to Change Our Organizations: An Interview with Peter Senge
The Systems Thinker (TST): What are the two or three new big ideas for management in the 21st century? Peter Senge: Organizations will have to…
Managing Your Time as a Leader
Many leaders feel starved for time. Working under the assumption that longer hours lead to improved productivity, they drive themselves and others to increase…
The Potential of Talking and the Challenge of Listening
In December 2002, the entire world was arguing about what to do about Iraq. There were two sides to the argument. On one side,…
Connecting to Source: The U-Process
As a writer, on a handful of occasions, I’ve produced work that stands far above everything else I’ve written. This work has a special…
How Can We Solve Our Toughest Problems Peacefully?
For the past 15 years, I have focused all of my attention on answering one question: How can we solve our toughest problems peacefully?…
Using “Tragedy of the Commons” to Link Local Action to Global Outcomes
Traffic jams . . . overfishing the Atlantic . . . last minute holiday shopping at the mall. A “Tragedy of the Commons” occurs…