There are two types of social systems evolving systems and man-made systems. One is evolving by itself without engineering or central control. The other is engineered and controlled by humans. One of the main concerns of people is uncertainty. Evolving systems are complex (many diverse and autonomous parts that interact to reach a common goal). […]
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When a problem surfaces, and after it resolved, it’s a best practice to look for the root cause and find a way to prevent this problem from reoccurring. Many times the focus is not on the root cause, it’s on the first symptom that one found. Therefore, the proposed solution has not resolved any issue. It
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In the following five posts, I will cover all aspects of agent-based models (ABM) and how to create and use ABM in InsightMaker (www.insightmaker.com). This post focus is to expose to the basics of ABM and to create a basic model that depicts the famous game of life model (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life). Before we’ll start, several words about ABM.
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Influencing is one of the key factors behind companies that manage to develop and survive in our current complex business world. The ability of leaders or managers of those organizations to influence each other and other people that are working with them is a competitive advantage. When people are influenced they feel that the final decision
Moving between centralization and decentralization is common in most organizations. It’s one of the common recurring complex problems or at least a symptom of a complex recurring problem. One way or another, it feels that swinging between those two creates less positive outcomes than what the change was expected to achieve. Finding the right balance
