REPLY SD Impact on National Government Policies (SD6136)

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Posted by  "Jim Thompson" <james.thompson at strath.ac.uk>
Kim Warren asks: "So what puzzles me is why other great ideas do not 
have to wait so long for widespread uptake?" 

It seems (a) those are pretty easy to understand by someone with 
elementary reading and arithmetic skills, and (b) their application 
produces a nearly instantaneous result, however undesirable in the 
long run.  To compare SD to another discipline, it might be closer 
to econometrics than the intervention tools Kim suggests.  

>From my experience, the National Model building exercise at Sloan in 
the 1970s and 1980s was most persuasive.  Our Sponsors Group exchanged 
war stories and debated ideas as they were developed.  We hired a lot 
of bright graduate students for consulting and for long-term positions.  
It would be wonderful to construct such an environment again -- one in 
which the research is the focus. 

Jim
Posted by  "Jim Thompson" <james.thompson at strath.ac.uk>
posting date  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 16:39:12 -0500