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Relentless progress since 1964
Simulators >>> Less programming
Mainframes >>> Laptops
Animation
Range of applications
Flowcharting
Optimisation
Project & portfolio management
Challenges
Cost (not ROI)
Time
Data collection (& analysis)
Advantages
Complexity
Dynamic
Variability
Animation
Our Objective?
Finding the (optimal) answer
AND…
Our Objective?
Finding the answer
AND
Learning about the system (and ourselves)
Our Objective?
Peter Senge (1990) – The Fifth Discipline:The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization
Learning underlies our ability to change
Not new – Argyris, deGeus
One person not enough (a Ford, Sloan or Watson)
Knowledge management
Learning Organizations - Elements
Prisoners of our own thinking and experience
Our behavior not consistent with our theories
Mental models or “theories in use”
Tacit (below the surface)
Einstein: Our theories determine what we measure
Learning Organizations
Organizations that are able to change
Change requires organizational development
Overlooked (team building/cooperation)
Force mental models into the open – expose assumptions
A New Look at Simulation
Learning tool (“80% of the value” Pritsker)
Foster understanding, participation, dialogue
5 LevelsTeaching new processesTeaching new conceptsFacilitating participationEmpowering peopleExpert-Local interaction
Teaching New Processes
Teaching New Concepts
Enabling Participation
Empowering People (Covey: Voice)
Building Shared Vision
Taking a step back – process focus
(“No, the decision process”)
City Design
Land Use Decisions
Visualization >>> simulation (advantages)
Progress comes through…
“…getting out of our boxes.” Arbinger Inst.
Serious consideration for the input of others
“…that’s what I have been trying to tell you.”
Progress comes through…
“…getting out of our boxes.” Arbinger Inst.
Serious consideration for the input of others
“…that’s what I have been trying to tell you.”
Progress comes through…
“…getting out of our boxes.” Arbinger Inst.
Serious consideration for the input of others
“…that’s what I have been trying to tell you.”
A Cool Tool
Nagel “emancipatory operations research”
Mueller-Merbach – interdisciplinary teamsOR is about integrating knowledge
Inform, enlighten
Building Shared Vision
Taking a new look at the process
Get the answer
Implementing the answer
Building the organization
