All you wanted to do was put a bird feeder in your yard to attract birds.

Depicts a behavior over time graph.

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

The Home Heating System can be used to demonstrate how we get caught in dilemmas and become victims of ourselves.

All you wanted to do was put a bird feeder in your yard to attract birds and make for a more pleasant morning. And...

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.

If we are to develop a strategy for dealing with a situation we must first understand what has caused the situation to be the way it is. If we don't know why it is the way it is then any action we take is little more than meddling and unlikely to produce the desired result.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

A small change in one variable can have a marked impact on multiple variables. Run the model [quits change] = 0  and consider the output. What happens if  you change [quits change] = 5. Run the model to find out. Was the change what you expected?

Diagram from CDC conference.

Once the strategy has been developed it's up to the Stakeholders who own the segments of the revised model to implement it so a new pattern of behavior is created thus effecting the desired situation.

The generic stock & flow form for a balancing loop.

CLD of Eric Wolstenholme Syst. Dyn. Rev. 23, 371–389, (2007) See IM-1008 for a stock flow version.

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

Reinforcing Loop/SFD Simulation allow one to experience the explicit implications of the interactions.

Joe P. is currently managing a project that's behind schedule and he's experiencing substantial pressure to get the project back on track.

To develop insights regarding a situation of interest there are a number of things should be considered to ensure a view of the relevant influences.

A quick example for creating a simulation in Insight Maker.

The model construction process is actually a balancing loop which endeavors to employ an abstract version of real events to form a model which produces conclusions and behavior which mimic the real events.

The meaningful relationship between a business and its customers should be a reinforcing structure.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.