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Systems Thinking · March 9, 2022

Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera guests on popular business podcast

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2022 — Drs. Laura and Derek Cabrera, of Cabrera Research Lab and Cornell University were guests of Hunter Hasting's Economic For Business podcast. They discussed the application of systems thinking for organizational leaders and …

Staff

Systems Thinking · January 8, 2022

The Systems Thinking Loop

The " Systems Thinking Loop " (or " ST Loop ") is where the rubber meets the road for systems thinkers. It is perhaps the most important of all the im…

Derek Cabrera

Systems Thinking · July 9, 2021

Two Laws of Knowledge

In 1900, 8 out 10 jobs involved work with one’s hands. Today, the statistic has flipped—8 out of 10 jobs involved working with ideas (with emphasis on…

Laura Cabrera

Systems Thinking · June 17, 2021

What You Don't See Can Hurt You...and All of Us.

I am fascinated by how easily humans are manipulated; which is often the result of structural blindspots (bias) that are used against one another. In …

Derek Cabrera

Systems Thinking · May 12, 2021

Using DSRP in Health and Human Performance

This blog is from: https://gmschmidt3.medium.com/using-dsrp-in-health-and-human-performance-3a64432d83c9 While Systems Thinking v2.0 is not always nec…

Grant Schmidt

Systems Thinking · November 29, 2020

The 8 Sacred Cows of Systems Thinking

This isn't a blog post, but more of a blog-collection. 8 common things that systems thinkers like to say that are bupkis . We call them sacred cows of…

Derek Cabrera

Systems Thinking · November 21, 2020

A Systems View is Not a Mask Mandate

When I was a child, my mother would tell me a story of her own childhood. She spoke of how the children would collect tin foil wrappers from gum and c…

Derek Cabrera

Systems Thinking · August 17, 2020

Is Knowledge (K) the same as Mental models (M)?

Over the years, different variables/symbols have been used for the same equation. In some cases for good reason, and in other cases solely because, li…

Derek Cabrera

Systems Thinking · August 10, 2020

Are Dogs Systems Thinkers, Too?

Dogs are our best friends, but we can't talk to them... we have no common language. But, what if you could use the simple rules of DSRP to teach your …

Elena Cabrera