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by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:40 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Successful Innovation
Replies: 1
Views: 2837

Successful Innovation

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> I'm interested in models of innovation - why are some organizations successful and others unsuccessful at end-to-end innovation. And of course how does one move from the latter to the former. Does anyone know of relevant SD resources on this topic? ..geo...
by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:51 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: SD and other modelling approaches
Replies: 41
Views: 40321

SD and other modelling approaches

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> I recently hit yet another barrier my internal ""SD selling"" campaign, and on a second thread got a green light for development of a signficant SD application. This suggests that it is not ""SD"" that sells, but r...
by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:45 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Process and performance simulation
Replies: 4
Views: 5844

Process and performance simulation

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> I am considering writing something about how business process simulation (discrete simulation) and business performance simulation (systems dynamics) complement one another in the domain of business strategy. Does anyone know of previous work on this top...
by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:49 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Growth and sustainability
Replies: 13
Views: 8796

Growth and sustainability

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> I just have some sketchy thoughts which might be of interest for this thread; musings from a couple of weeks walking in the mountains of north Wales. The underlying question here is ""what is value?"". Value is what the economy create...
by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Wed May 18, 2005 11:53 am
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Triumph of Technology
Replies: 2
Views: 3236

Triumph of Technology

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> Paul points out some interesting factors that may relate to growth of technologies, which may help us to define a model. I wonder about the reference behaviour pattern - can we look over the whole of history, asking when technology growth occurred and wh...
by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Sat May 14, 2005 12:25 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Triumph of Technology
Replies: 2
Views: 3236

Triumph of Technology

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> The BBC Reith Lectures this year have the provocative title ""Triumph of Technology"" which started me wondering about the systems dynamics of the engine of technology growth. Clearly we have been on an exponential phase of growth for...
by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:15 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Shaping the Future" by Popper et al (was Problem Solving ver
Replies: 17
Views: 13478

Shaping the Future"" by Popper et al (was Problem Solving ve

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> WAS Problem Solving versus Optimization (SD5226) Responding to points by Jack Homer and Bob Cavana: I didn't see the points about ""Limits to Growth"" as an implied criticism of the field at all. In fact, they are suggesting that the ...
by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:41 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Problem Solving versus Optimization
Replies: 8
Views: 7509

Problem Solving versus Optimization

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> There is an article in the April 2005 Scientific American that addresses your point: ""Shaping the Future"" by Steven Popper, Robert Lempert, and Steven Bankes. The point they make is that real decision-making is more sophisticated th...
by George A Simpson gsimpso4 csc.co
Thu Jan 13, 2005 4:34 pm
Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
Topic: Chaos, DT, Quantum theory, SD-paradigm
Replies: 4
Views: 3539

Chaos, DT, Quantum theory, SD-paradigm

Posted by George A Simpson <gsimpso4@csc.com> This is a fascinating thought on a topic I have been thinking about for some time. However the idea would need to overcome some barriers to be workable: Electron distributions are not like planetary ones - in that they are spherical, not circular (for th...