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Facilitative Modeling: Using Small Models to Generate Big Insights

All you need to do is read the paper or watch the news to realize that the world is becoming more difficult to understand…

Anchoring Model Development in Causal Loop Diagrams

As a consultant working in the field of systems thinking, I am continually amazed by the ease with which people are able to read…

We Can’t Afford to “Wait and See” on Climate Changes

Recent Bush administration statements on climate change just do not add up. The U. S. President and his advisers refer to the heat-trapping effects…

Managing with Accumulators and Flows

A common principle of systems thinking is that “there is no away.” Every material thing we make and use must come from somewhere and…

Structural Thinking: The World According to Accumulators and Flows

Avice president of a major U. S. manufacturer once questioned whether today’s rapid pace of change means that all our old tools and ways…

Accumulators: Bathtubs, Bathtubs Everywhere…

When’s the last time you actually took a real, honest-to-goodness bath? If you are like most people, it has probably been quite a while.

A Weighty Take on Stocks and Flows

When it comes to complex systems, things are seldom what they seem at first glance. Nowhere is this difficulty more evident than in the…

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,…