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Reverse Engineering Reality Part 1: Reading Causal Loop Diagrams
Causal Loop Diagrams (CLDs) can help us understand complex interactions and events by revealing system structure. Unlike buildings, most systems don't have visible structure. We notice systems by observing events. When the events form a pattern (usually over time),...
Context is Everything
Today I had the opportunity to remember that "context is everything". Hurricane Frances continues her slow crawl up the eastern United States. It started raining here in North Carolina yesterday (Tuesday 2004.09.07). This morning my radio crackled with reports of...
Learning to Change
In Changing Quicker we looked at reducing or removing system delays to reduce the time delay between realizing a change needs to be made, and when the change’s effects occur. Another way to change quicker involves learning to change. Learning is a process that depends on experience and leads to long term changes in behavior potential.
Changing Quicker
Will reorganizing every two weeks lead to stable software processes? What conditions would enable this to happen? When should we schedule the next change?
Change is Good
Several years ago I found out that I was not really in charge of everything, or in control of very much. This lead me to
Don’s Dismal Dilemma: How will I achieve my goals, when I’m not in charge or control?
Change and Stable Systems
“Change quotients” prompted one particular thought – since I’m usually the person recommending a change, I tend to be more sensitive to lower quotients than mine. Yet, I do recall one organization which had an intrinsic change quotient which apparently exceeded mine – they reorganized every two weeks, more or less. 🙂