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.

This is a model depicting the interactions of the Aesop's Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

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

The interaction of a population of Moose and Wolves.

As long as A and B are equally successful everything will remain stable. Though if either A or B receive more resources than the other, or A or B is more successful than the other, the imbalance will result in greater success of A or B accordingly and promote even more success of the one that demonstrates greater success.

Our actions are based on our beliefs and the results of those actions are the basis for our beliefs. The difficulty we create for ourselves is that we make assumptions as to how to interpret the results we select based on our beliefs. As a result we are often operating on a flawed perspective of reality. There is a also a video for this insight.

When endeavoring to develop an understanding of the nature of something it is generally useful to create a model of some type to aid in surfacing that understanding.

This is a model depicting the interactions of the Aesop's Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

A quick set of examples for creating a simulation in Insight Maker.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

The three common recurring structures.

Influences which work in opposition to sustainable capitalism and influences that might work to further promote it.

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

This is a model depicting the interactions of the Aesop's Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

Developing a strategy for dealing with a situation begins with a description of the situation and the preferred state for today, not in some distant future, and the perceived implications of not doing anything. There is a also a video for this insight.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

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

Balancing Loop with Stock & Flow Diagram.

Influences which work in opposition to sustainable capitalism and influences that might work to further promote it.

Escape behavior often results in more stress than one escapes from.

Developing a strategy for dealing with a situation begins with a description of the situation and the preferred state for today, not in some distant future, and the perceived implications of not doing anything. There is a also a video for this insight.

When one undertakes to create a model there are a number of guidelines that are considered essential for consideration if there is to be a success with the model.

Clone of IM-752 map for working simulation model This model is derived from "Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened: Creating and Sustaining Process Improvement" by Nelson P. Repenning and John D Sterman. An expanded map is at IM-1918.

A Growth and Underinvestment with a Drifting Standard structure is simply an elaborated Growth and Underinvestment structure where the growth inhibitor induces a decline of the standard over time. The real nasty thing about this structure is that the growth inhibitor influence sets up a Reinforcing Loop which even further promotes a drifting of the standard over time.