Topic: System Dynamics
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System Dynamics Loop Generator
I recently heard about a piece of software that I could use on my iPad to build causal loop diagrams. As a Mac user,…
Reader Response to “Telecommuting: The New Workplace Balancing Act”
In the March issue of The Systems Thinker, we explored the growing phenomenon of telecommuting—including both the benefits and potential dark side of this…
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…
How Attractive Can Our Communities Be?
Over the past year, hundreds of citizens in my home town of Asheville, NC, have come together to create a list of goals for…
Getting to the Root: Meadows Fellows Build Capacity in Systems Tools
The first snow of the year fell on the eve of the Fellows’ arrival. This was the fourth and final workshop of the second…
Weaving Systems Thinking into the K–12 Curriculum
Thanks to the recently revised science and environmental sustainability education standards in the Washington State K–12 system, teachers are now required to teach and…
Leveraging Competence to Build Organizational Capability
If calculus were invented today, our organizations would not be able to learn it. We’d send everyone off to a three-day intensive program. We’d…
Fine-Tuning Your Causal Loop Diagrams—Part II
Distinguish Between Actual and Perceived Conditions Perceptions and reality often differ, and it is usually important to capture these differences in your causal diagrams. The…
Fine-Tuning Your Causal Loop Diagrams—Part I
Causal loop diagrams are an important tool for representing the feedback structure of systems. They are excellent for Quickly capturing your hypotheses about…
What Is the Relationship Between Systems Thinking and Lean?
What is the relationship between systems thinking and lean? That’s a fascinating question, one not so easily answered, because we’re talking about two very…