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Food Systems, Climate Systems, Laundry Systems: The Time for Systems Literacy Is Now!
Tell me, in what subjects are you literate? Sounds like a question a college interviewer might ask. To be literate of course means you…
Leading in a Hyper-Connected Society
We live in a society today in which conventional wisdom is not only no longer conventional, but apparently not so wise either. Business schools…
Systems Thinking as a Language
Language has a subtle, yet powerful effect on the way we view the world. English, like most other Western languages, is linear—its basic sentence…
The Conversational Power of Mapping Our Mental Models
Suppose that I bought a $34 ticket to hear a concert and, on the way to the event, I lost the ticket. I…
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…
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…
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…
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…