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Bob Eberlein describes three types of work to do in system dynamics consulting: 1. Model the problem (formally or informally) and make sure the model makes sense. 2. Analyze the model to understand why it does what it does and extend that understanding to the real problem. 3. Present that understand...

I do system dynamics for a living and have some thoughts on Kims question. In Industrial Dynamics, Jay Forrester observed that, for the most part, behaviour of a complex system is difficult to understand and, therefore, it is difficult to predict how activities work to change conditions and how cond...

I would be interested to learn what practitioners of system dynamics mean by
the term mental model. If you refer to a written authority, I would
appreciate learning what your reference source is.
Thanks,
Jim Thompson
jim.thompson@cigna.com
Tel. 860.226.8607