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: The Building Blocks of System Dynamics

Can you think of a team, business unit, or process in your organization that feels stable, even though change is constantly occurring? What keeps it in balance?

Closing Thoughts Systems thinking isn’t just about connecting the dots. It’s about understanding why those dots behave the way they do. By learning to see steady states, manage stocks and flows, set boundaries intentionally, and surface governance dynamics, you gain the tools to shape systems and not just react to them.

Stocks are the accumulations in a system, like the water in a pond, the money in a savings account, or the number of trained staff in an organization.

and Dynamic Balance

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Let’s begin with a natural example: a pond.

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What Makes a System Tick?

Musikanski, L., Phillips, R., Bradbury, J, DeGraaf, J. & Bliss, C. L. (2021).