The delays associated with adjusting the shower is a very common example of the Balancing Loop with Delay Systems Archetype.

An escalation structure results from two or more competing entities with the competition taking them to somewhere none of them want to be. See also Archetypes.

Video

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

Relative Achievement is one of the four generic archetypes developed by Eric Wolstenholme and maps to the Success to the Successful Systems Archetype.

SystemsWiki's Musings

OK, we have a problem. Yet, do we really know what the problem is? More often than not we look at the symptoms, consider them the problem and attempt to fix them. This actually dooms us to failure because they're only symptoms.

Being fascinated with systemigrams I wondered if I could create them in Insight Maker.

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

A Growth and Underinvestment structure is simply an elaborated Limits to Growth structure where the growth inhibitor is part of another Balancing Loop with an external standard and some delay. The real nasty thing about this structure is that the two Balancing Loops form a single Reinforcing Loop which inhibits growth.

Video

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

A basic savings account model.

Two goal seeking structures attempting to resolve and based on the delay one may tend to settle for less. See also Archetypes.

This is an example of a very complex model though it consists only of Balancing and Reinforcing loops.

Part 1 demonstrates Picture primitives and Links to create representations of interactions. These are made visually attractive because the Picture primitives are overlayed with images.

Relative Control is one of the four generic archetypes developed by Eric Wolstenholme and maps to the Balancing Loop with Delay, Indecision, Limits to Results, Drifting Goals and Escalation Systems Archetypes.

SystemsWiki's Musings

The Accidental Adversaries structure represents a situation where two interacting entities which should produce growth unwittingly limit the growth of each other because of their actions to promote their own growth. See also Archetypes.

Simplest Innovation diffusion model from Sterman's Business Dynamics Ch 9

Initial causal loop diagram for the influences leading to the acceptance of Systems Thinking.

This is a segment of Insight Maker Simulation

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

The simple savings account is used to demonstrate the nature of a reinforcing loop. Change the initial amount and interest rate and run the model to see the implications of changing these values.

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

Initial causal loop diagram for the influences leading to the acceptance of Systems Thinking. This is the evolving version. You can compare this with IM-1948, which is the original, if you wish.

@LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube

Thoughts on the growth of the Twitter user community presented as a causal loop diagram.

This is a simplification of the Austerity vs Prosperity model in the hope that it will be easier to understand.

If you mouse over an item and an "i" is displayed there is a note attached. These are on some nodes and some links.

The numerous Systems Archetypes popularized by Peter Senge, and others seem to be the source of great confusion for many. In response to this Eric Wolstenholme has endeavored to simplify the System Archetypes by mapping them to four generic archetypes.

Investigations into the relationships responsible for the success and failure of nations. This investigation was prompted after reading numerous references on the subject and perceiving that *Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty* by Acemoglu and Robinson seem to make a great deal of sense.