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Using Systems Archetypes as Different “Lenses”
So, you’ve chosen a problem you want to study using systems thinking tools. You gather together some co-workers, round up some flipchart paper and…
Introducing the Systems Archetypes: Escalation
You may have seen or been involved in a situation where a minor incident quickly escalated into a major blowout before anyone even knew…
Introducing the Systems Archetypes: Drifting Goals
It is an old tale that if you put a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will leap out. But if you…
Introducing the Systems Archetypes: Shifting the Burden
As with the previous systems archetype that we discussed, “Fixes That Fail,” “Shifting the Burden” is about how the pressure of a worsening problem…
Systems Thinking Is Leadership
For leaders in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, life can be hectic—even an on-again, off-again firefight. I know, having been in the business for 20…
Dancing with Systems
People who are raised in the industrial world and who get enthused about systems thinking are likely to make a terrible mistake. They are…
Learning Through System Dynamics as Preparation for the 21st Century
What should be the outcome of a systems education? We do not expect most students to spend their lives in front of a computer…
The Thinking in Systems Thinking: Eight Critical Skills
Ihave been writing and re-writing this guide (Introduction to Systems Thinking with STELLA, 1985–2000) for 15 years. I always begin by reeling off a…
Managing in the Knowledge Era
The world economy is in the midst of a profound change—one that is creating huge shifts in the way companies are organizing to provide…
Overcoming Organizational Anxiety
Iam working sixty hours a week and don’t see an end in sight.” “If we don’t meet this quarter’s profit projections, heads will roll!”…