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Archetype: Balancing Structure
One of the two fundamental structures in systems thinking, a Balancing Structure represents an...
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Archetype: Balancing Structure with Delay
It’s very common for there to be one or more delays in balancing loops. For example, there’s usually a...
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Archetype: Indecision
Indecision results from two balancing loops with delays, so that by the time one loop reaches its...
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Archetype: Drifting Goals
Drifting Goals occurs when two balancing loops interact in such a way that the activity from one loop...
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Archetype: Escalation
Escalation is two balancing loops that feed each other and act as a single reinforcing loop. The...
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Archetype: Fixes that Fail
The Fixes that Fail archetype results in a problem that keeps resurfacing after it appeared to be...
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Archetype: Shifting the Burden
Shifting the Burden results in fixes that only exasperate the core problem over time. It’s caused by...
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Archetype: Addiction
Addiction is a Shifting the Burden archetype but with an evolving reliance on the side effects the...
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Archetype: Reinforcing Structure
A Reinforcing Structure is one of the two fundamental structures. It serves to promote an effect or...
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Archetype: Limits to Growth
A Limits to Growth archetype is very common, and it’s evident by a change in the predicted behavior of...
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Archetype: Accidental Adversaries
Accidental Adversaries results in a situation where two dependent loops, originally achieving...
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Archetype: Success to the Successful
The behavior evident in a Success to the Successful is that limited resources are allocated to the...
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Archetype: Tragedy of the Commons
Tragedy of the Commons occurs when only a finite amount of resources are available that are allocated...
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Archetype: Attractiveness Principle
The Attractiveness Principle is a variation of the Limits to Growth, but it involves restrictions on...
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Archetype: Growth and Under Investment
The Growth and Underinvestment is another derivative of Limits to Growth, but it includes...
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Archetype: Growth and Under Investment with Drifting Standard
This is a variation of the Growth and Underinvestment, but within this archetype, behavior causes the...
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Six Characteristic Stages of Team Development
These “6 C’s” are exhibited by the group as it progressively matures into a team, and they help the...
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