Systems Thinking, Continued.

IEG MeetingOctober 2, 2013

Systems Thinking Exercise

Water lilies

Exponential Growth

Example

Behavior Over Time GraphsExtends systems thinking work

Focus on patterns of change over time rather than on single events

Help think about the underlying causes of those changes

Very engaging work and lively discussions as those involved begin to think more deeply about what is happening and why

Use the behavior over time graphs to describe the velocity of a car

Example

Example

A personal example…

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Example with explanation

What could this explain?

A Caution…http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/correlation-or-causation-12012011-gfx.html

AQIP and “5 Acres”College/Other Systems = Hundreds/millions of acresAction Projects = 100 acresCIP Teams = 5 acres (…10, 20, 40, 80,…)

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