REPLY The Death of System Dynamics? (SD6228)

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Posted by  northsheep at juno.com

 
> Jay Forrester's original (and exciting!)  vision of "designing
> organizations" has been completely lost by the  SD community.

 
Whether or not it was lost by some, it was not lost on Peter Senge, as
everyone knows. Yesterday I attended a workshop by Jamie Cloud
http://www.sustainabilityed.org/ on designing public education for
sustainability, in which ST tools played a dominant role. Her work is
connected to Peter Senge's larger effort to redesign public education,
whose practical lessons and tools are in the new Fifth Dimension
Fieldbook: Schools That Learn. 
 
Despite considerable SD course work I may never become a professional SD
modeler, but as one who is trying to make some of the ST and SD tools
accessible to the average citizen I am gratified to see a strong movement
picking up on Forrester's original vision!  In the Ithaca NY community
that is my potential constituency I was happy to see 70 public school and
university teachers attend this workshop that included a strong
introduction to the ST paradigm. 
 
If ST can piggyback its way into public education on the rising interest
in education for sustainability, I could not imagine better partners. 
 
Maybe the emphasis on educational consulting can push 

>> the right positive loops to accelerate the growth of the field.

Nothing like getting in on the ground floor.
 
Karl North
Northland Sheep Dairy, Freetown, New York USA
Posted by  northsheep at juno.com
posting date  Fri, 2 Feb 2007 13:35:55 -0500