Tag: mental models

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Eye of the Needle: A Communication Tool

How often have you left a conversation feeling dissatisfied with how it went, how you conducted yourself, and what the final outcome was? Were…

Mental Models and Systems Thinking: Going Deeper into Systemic Issues

In a causal loop diagram of a systemic issue, variables are connected in cause-and-effect relationships. But often the implicit thought processes behind those links…

First-, Second-, and Third-Person Research in Practice

For many of us, the quest to become more effective in our work and our relationships is an ongoing process. Sometimes without even realizing…

Questions to Shape the Future

Viagra may help to save endangered species. That was the odd sounding headline of a recent Reuters story. It turns out that Viagra has…

Common Sense Is Not So Common

John, who is 14, and another teenager were passing a football back and forth at youth camp. Since we were inside, and there were…

The Land Mines of Change

Consider an all-too-familiar vignette that probably occurs daily in organizations around the world. This scenario has been referred to as the “Catch-22” of change.

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,…