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From Causal Loop Diagrams to Computer Models–Part I
Imagine you are the human resources director for a company in a rapidly growing industry. Your latest strategy meeting focused on developing a human…
R&D Funding: Managing the Pipeline
For 50 years, the U.S. government, universities, and corporate labs have led the world in research breakthroughs and Nobel prizes. Recently, however, global and…
Stewardship: A New Employment Covenant
The latest casualty of the changes sweeping through corporate America is the lifetime employment contract — the implicit agreement that provided employees with economic…
From Causal Loop Diagrams to Computer Models — Part II
Last month we outlined a process for turning a causal loop diagram into an accumulator and flow diagram, using the example of staffing decisions.
Thinking Systemically About Strategy
During the mid-1980s, a large high-technology company launched a project to begin thinking more systemically about strategy. “COPEX” (a fictional name) designed, manufactured, sold,…
Is There More to Corporations than Maximizing Profits?
The sole purpose of a corporation is to maximize return on investment to shareholders.” That is the raison d’etre for most organizations — and…
Building a Core Competence in Community
I recently worked with a group in a high-tech computer company that once had a very alive sense of community. The people felt more…
Organizational Learning and Leadership Development at EDS
Evaluating a program on “learning how to learn” is difficult using traditional quantitative criteria. Fritjof Capra, author of The Turning Point, offers these guidelines…
Vision Deployment Matrix: A Framework for Large-Scale Change
Vision can be a powerful force for action when it is clearly articulated and there is a genuine desire to bring it into reality.
Apple’s Dilemma
One of the most delicate balancing acts a company must perform is to introduce a new product without cannibalizing or adversely affecting its existing…