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Niall -- I dont have such a simulation, but I know there are a couple around. I actually experimented with this a bit using small groups several years ago. I didnt like the results... I did not think the computer simulation was as engaging as the actual board-play beer game. About timing for the bee...

Hello Ignacio -- Im a practicing consultant and corporate trainer, not academic. Here are a couple of points that Ive found very useful in my teaching and practice: 1) consider each causal relationship assuming all else is constant. If all else constant how would a change in A affect B? Same directi...

John Hayward asks about the causal loop diagram ("CLD") for the S-Shaped epidemic model, and questions the diagram in the Road Maps document D-4432. I note good answers from others here. I, too, had a problem with the Road Maps diagram. I think, a best, the Road Maps diagram doesnt emphasi...

Hello Bruce -- Yes, thats why we get paid so much for doing this modeling. As I see it... - There is no "correct" model except sometimes in a classroom setting. - It may be possible to justify different models of a given situation, but validity depends on the context and the purpose. If th...

I teach systems thinking regularly for business audiences. I tell them "a variable is something you can graph vs. time; draw the graphs related to your issue... Thats your starting set of variables." This eliminates many of the confusing possibilities in variables (verb instead of noun, un...

I think its a well proven fact that people often act at variance with their stated descriptions of how they act and make decisions. My work involves system dynamics and organizational learning. Heres a very short piece Ive learned from the org learning side that relates to this area: Chris Argyris t...