Tag: Systems Thinking
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Steering Schools to Success
The Superintendent’s Fieldbook: A Guide for Leaders of Learning by Nelda Cambron-McCabe, Luvern L. Cunningham, James Harvey, and Robert H. Koff (Corwin Press, 2004)…
Charting the Challenge of Perfectionism
Most people appreciate when a task is done well. And we know what can result when we strive to do something to the best…
Selecting Variable Names for Causal Loop Diagrams
When first beginning to draw a causal loop diagram, don’t spend a lot of time up front trying to select the “perfect” variable name.
Overcoming Escalation with Big, Generous Actions
Of all the system structures that affect our lives and world, escalation takes the prize for its negative impact. In situations such as price…
Turning a Tragedy into a Triumph of the Commons?
Recently, the New England Fishery Management Council adopted promising new rules for regulating threatened regional fish stocks. The new rules will over time shift…
Palette of Systems Thinking Tools
There is a full array of systems thinking tools that you can think of in the same way as a painter views colors many…
Three Horizons: Shifting Vision to Lead to an Emerging Future
Good leadership constantly requires a careful, ongoing evaluation of a vision of the future to which one can navigate. Many leaders are guided by…
Learning About Connection Circles
The topics elementary- and middle-school students today study are complex and often difficult to understand. Seldom is an issue as simple as it appears…
Unleashing an Avalanche of Change
The Pebble and the Avalanche: How Taking Things Apart Creates Revolutions (Berrett-Koehler, 2005) by Moshe Yudkowsky is an interesting, readable book that examines…
Guidelines for Drawing Causal Loop Diagrams
The old adage “if the only tool you have is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail” can also apply to language.