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July 2012 Learn Modeling

Tragedy of the Kitchen

When I first began studying systems, I lived in a late 1800’s era apartment in St. Louis with three other

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This site is about systems thinking - the intrinsic wisdom of systems around us. We believe in the power of understanding the underlying systems that drive change in our world.

We believe all people should question deeply, assert bravely and revise themselves freely. We value learners over experts, thinkers over followers.

We can think creatively about how to achieve our goals within this unpredictable world: this is about systems and us.

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