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Posted: **Fri Apr 12, 1996 12:39 pm**

Dear System Dynamics Community,

I read Bill Godfreys mail about his database of books on management of
change (http://webtrax.com.au/BB/BookWatch.bbd). Quite a comprehensive
list with relevant comments, my compliments for the efforts. One book
which caught my attention was "The Systems Thinking Playbook" by Linda
Booth and I wonder if anyone can point me in the direction of this work.

[Hosts Note: This is published by Pegasus Communications
Phone 617 576 1231 Fax 617 576 3114 or via email query@pegasuscom.com ]

Thank you in advance,

Rhoderick van der Wyck
email: rvdwyck@paradigm.nl

Posted: **Sun Apr 14, 1996 7:57 am**

Re: Publishers
Both are in a sense correct. The Turning Point Foundation is the
publisher, Pegasus is a distributor.

The games cover each of Senges "Five Disciplines". I have tried several
of them with groups and found them very useful. They range from very short
and simple introductions to a theme, such as balancing tubes to demonstrate
the importance of time horizon (I remember an entire plenary group at one
of the Systems Thinking Conferences trying to balance peacock feathers on
their finger - representing one heck of a lot of moulted peacocks), through
to a couple of ball games which I have found extremely useful as an active
introduction to mapping a simple system. Linda Booth Sweeney and Dennis
Meadows run programs based round the book from time to time and they are
very good value.

Bill Godfrey
bgodfrey@ozemail.com.au

Posted: **Fri Dec 13, 1996 8:42 am**

Dear SD community --

The copy of "The Systems Thinking Playbook" (a collection of physical
exercises and games to teach principles of systems thinking and
organizational learning) that I have isnt published by Pegasus, but by:

The Turning Point Foundation
P.O. Box 1108
Framingham MA 01701-0206 USA
(508) 650-0138
Fax: (508) 650-0184

Volume II just came out, by Linda Booth Sweeney and Dennis Meadows.

Havent tried any of the games outside of my family, but they have helped
me look at the ideas of our field from a new angle.

Drew Jones
apjones@mit.edu

Andrew Jones (617) 253-7084 w
MIT E60-367 (617) 497-5160 h
30 Memorial Drive apjones@mit.edu
Cambridge MA 02142

[Hosts Note: Thanks for the correction Drew]