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Dear SD Colleagues, thank you for your helpful answers to my request. I must admit I am quite impressed by the number and the quality of replies this mailing list or better the SD community produces. Before I reply, I would like to give you a little background information in order to let you underst...

Hi all, Often I am asked if Systems Thinking and Systems Dynamics has really managed to become a aknowledged management technique in certain areas or industries. Sometimes I struggle (I know I should not, but that is why I am consulting you) with explaining the usefullness of Systems Thinking & ...

Dear SDlers, I hope my issue is not too basic, but I do have question that has been spinning in mind for a while. Basically it is: How can we qualitatively uncover causation? Assuming that you can not perceive causation, but only the events. (Say fire causes heat. You can perceive the fire and expec...

dear sd-world, I am currently in the process of selecting a modelling approach. does anyone have a collection of criteria for selecting the right modelling technique? I would really appreciate if anyone in the mailing list could provide me with answers or even examples when it is most appropriate to...

Dear SDers, thank you for all the replys. Although I was hoping, but not really expecting to find a scientific method to prove causal relationships, the answers provided me with more confidence in the methods that I am currently aware off. For the process of uncovering (gathering evidence for) causa...

Jay wrote "The most important use of system dynamics should be for the design of policies, that is, the rules that should govern decisions. " Of course, I do not disagree to this. However, in common management practice you only start analysing the structure / policies when you either have ...