Systems Thinking, Continued. IEG Meeting October 2, 2013
Feb 24, 2016
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…
Example
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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