Thinking in Systems: Practical lessons for building sustainable organizations and communities

Learn skills to build sustainable organizations and communities

Inspired by the book Thinking in Systems — A Primer by Donella Meadows this four-session web seminar series is designed to help you develop practical skills for applying Systems Thinking to your own organizations, communities and even your personal life.

Using compelling examples from today’s headline news, instructors Chris Soderquist and Diana Wright will demonstrate how Systems Thinking and iThink/STELLA can be used to better understand the interconnections of complex dynamic systems like the economy, environment, and social systems.

Web seminars will focus on specific topics according to the following schedule:

Fridays beginning April 17, 2009
11:00 12:10 PM EDT

Session 1: Introduction to Systems: Basic principles, April 17, 2009
Session 2: The Systems Zoo: Simple Examples of common systems, April 24, 2009
Session 3:, System Behavior: Surprises, traps, and opportunities, May 1, 2009
Session 4: Leverage Points: Places to intervene in a system, May 8, 2009

Presented by:
Chris Soderquist, Pontifex Consulting
Diana Wright, Sustainability Institute

Space is limited so register today. For more information visit http://www.iseesystems.com/Thinking or email support@iseesystems.com. Phone 603-448-4990 | Toll-Free 800-987-6758 | FAX 603-448-4992