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Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Bill Harris wrote: > Which begs the question: are there ways we could talk in ways that > are more likely to be heard? Would such /talking/ involve a lot of > listening and asking in the right places to the right groups of > people? There's a golden...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Dr John P Weldon wrote: > Posted by Dr John P Weldon <corp_dyn@iimetro.com.au> > > In late 2007 I submitted to the academically-controlled SDS specific proposals > about several specific professional SD applications, under the heading of > developin...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Kim Warren wrote: > How is it possible that such an important initiative could be started w= ith > apparently no knowledge or involvement from the top people in our community > who have worked on this for decades ?!=20 A related question is this: Ha...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> Imagine a patient walking into a psychiatrist's office and laying down on= a couch. The psychiatrist then proceeds to perform an analysis, using the methods of psychoanalysis. But is analysis possible if the patient and the analyst are the same pers= on? P...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> > > Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> > > A terrific organizational learning experience has just occurred. (long snip) > Because SD is a large subset of systems engineering, our own mission statement > could be created by substituting ""...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Bob Cavana wrote: > hi all, > > This is a slight diversion from the current ""Society Strategy Development"" thread, but i wonder whether we are not looking at the 'big picture' sufficiently? > The big picture is always worth kee...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> A terrific organizational learning experience has just occurred. After three months of discussion, our first phase of trying to capture ""a clear sense of what the organization is trying to achieve"" has ended. The purpose of this threa...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Kim Warren wrote: > Posted by ""Kim Warren"" <Kim@strategydynamics.com> > > Thanks Jack - I know there are great processes for brainstorming with groups, and were it possible both time-wise and physically to do it, they would be ...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Jay Forrester wrote: > On Jun 26, 2008, at 6:41 AM, SDMAIL Jack Harich wrote: > >> For example, unless I missed something, where are the goal suggestions from the founder of the field, > > In my talk at the 2007 annual conference of the Society, I d...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL peter Luttik wrote: > I have followed the discussion on the strategic direction of the SD > society with great interest. From 25 years involvement in strategic > transformation processes - often in the public domain, I fully > recognize the trackrec...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Mike Fletcher wrote: > If we look for the root problem of how population, technology and > capital interact, Hi Mike, Very thoughtful post. Thanks. What methodology are you using to find the root causes? Your post is very interesting, but it seems t...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> > Posted by Bill Braun <bbraun@hlthsys.com> > I found the statement thoughtfully provocative and it prompts me to > ask (generously, not contentiously), what are the unanswered > questions? After the seminal SD works, 23 years of the SDR, and the > many bo...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> > Posted by ""Jack Homer"" > People should be encouraged to ask any question they want... Perhaps it is time for a Frequently Asked Questions page? Jack (Harich) Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> posting date Wed, 14 May 2008 ...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> Jack Harich innocently asked: So, how would you go about solving the [environmental sustainability] problem? Assume you had 105 million dollars per year, which is the United Nations Environmental Programme's annual budget. Mike Fletcher courageously replie...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> Stephen Wehrenberg wrote: > Jack, Jay, > > I submit that there are subtle differences in the way you are > referring to causes. Yes, and I'm glad you picked up on this. > > Jay implies in his statement that population and industrial growth are > the causes...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> Kim. If ""people commonly want models to help understand and better-manage something"" - Then that is the problem the model is solving. It's just thinking at a higher level than specific, bird-in-the-hand problems. It's solving a genera...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> Jack Harich wrote: > '... the SD rule of don't model a system, model a problem. Or in > science, solve the specific problem first, and then develop a more > powerful generalization from that. The latter is the real payoff'. Dr John P Weldon replied: > Stro...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> > Posted by Jay Forrester > This program by the Nature Conservancy is a losing strategy because it > tries to fight in niches against the overpowering forces of population > growth and industrial expansion without addressing those dominating > causes. &quo...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> > Posted by Stephen Wehrenberg > > Has anyone modeled Lester Brown's solutions to the LTG problem? I > moderated a seminar session earlier this week with Lester as the > speaker, and his solution set as described in ""Plan B 3.0"" seems...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Bill Harris wrote: > Posted by Bill Harris <bill_harris@facilitatedsystems.com> > > - From what I read of these strategy ideas, I gather that we as a group > think the world of 2028 will likely be the world of 2008 with a bit more > age and wisdom (...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> SDMAIL Pamela P wrote: > The programme Jim is describing may be closely related to something > going on here at Copenhagen Business School called ""Instant Innovation > Camp"", which brings businesses, NGO's and research together to pre...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> Posted by ""Alan McLucas"" <A.McLucas@adfa.edu.au> > I disagree with Jack's example. Maybe it's just inappropriately > chosen? We might have a stock of heat, but never a stock of > temperature. Perhaps this thread has past its use-by da...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> > any variable that can change only over time, needs to be treated as a > stock. Perhaps this principle is incomplete. As stated it would mean, for example, that the temperature of an object must be modeled as a stock. Temperature cannot change instantaneo...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> Kim, Congrats on the second edition, with a new title. I have the first edition, Competitive Strategy Dynamics. What I like most about it is the prominence of a follow-the-steps process that drives use of the tool. This is ""A seven step process ...

Posted by Jack Harich <register@thwink.org> I think Kim is trying to nudge us along the brainstorming road, from so-so goals to ones that are breakthroughs in terms of insight. This is right along the lines of what Tim Hurson discusses in his book ""Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Pr...