21st Century Economics

When I recently read Doyne Farmer’s Making Sense of Chaos, I was fascinated to learn about the relevance of network models in complexity economics. Network modelling is used to map the connections between agents in a system, such as social systems and, more specifically, economic systems. The connections, or edges, can represent transactions, contracts, flows of info...

With a new series of workshops in tow, I find myself thinking about what I want to change. One thing I have been reflecting on a lot lately is the why: why would anyone want to learn DSRP in the first place?

With a culturally, nationally, and age-diverse group such as the one I had last time, it is hard to give a single answer that resonates with everyone. ...

While the Distinction and System patterns, and their accompanying moves, are relatively straightforward to teach, the Relationship pattern is an entirely different matter.

One major reason is the mental model many people already have of “relationships” from systems thinking. They may have read Donella Meadows’ Thinking in Systems, encountered causal loop di...

DSRP can be taught in a couple of minutes, but it is learned through practice. To reap its benefits, students need to use it regularly – woven into the core of their learning experience. This means DSRP practice should not be an isolated exercise, but integrated into all lessons, across subjects and contexts....