Dynamics Quote by Rich Jolly

“5. Search for Leverage Points and Potential Unintended Consequences of Interventions—When a model produces dynamic behavior like the real system, start to examine the…

— Rich Jolly

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

— B. F. Skinner

“Systems reside in a nested structure; that is, each component in a system is a system in itself. And every system we are modeling…

— Rich Jolly

More essential than working on attitudes and behaviors is examining the paradigms out of which those attitudes and behaviors flow.

— Stephen Covey

“Despite the obvious difficulties when it comes to social systems, social scientists have been very imaginative in devising analogous quantitative experiments to inspire and…

— Geoffrey West

Behavior is the outcome of the battle among internal systems.

— David Eagleman

“Understanding men or ideas or movements, or the outlooks of individuals or groups, is not reducible to a sociological classification into types of behaviour…

— Isaiah Berlin

System theorists know that it's easy to couple simple-to-understand systems into a "super system" that's capable of displaying behavioral modes that cannot be seen…

— John L. Casti

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

— Philip Zimbardo

It is clear that the building of models is not a purely mechanical process but requires skill of a high order - not merely…

— Kenneth E. Boulding

We must look towards societies that set a high value on nonaggression and noncompetitive ness, and therefore handle conflicts by nonviolent means. We can…

— Elise M. Boulding

“Behavior is the end result of a prevailing story in one's mind: change the story and the behavior will change.”

— Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana