Introduction Systems have “feedbacks,” or a transfer of information, that we frequently do not recognize when they occur. For example, when you flip a lightswitch the light comes on. That gives us information that the switch, the electricity, and the light bulb are all working. When we fill a bathtub, we see the water level … Continue reading Yesterday’s Solutions
Month: July 2026
Systems Theories
A better approach than analytic thinking. Introduction While serving in the Army in South Korea during the mid-1960s, I operated a petroleum tank farm. As with most equipment in Korea at the time, those tanks were in pretty shoddy condition. One day, the sergeant who ran the petroleum operation reported to me that one of … Continue reading Systems Theories
Preliminary Introduction to Systems Thinking
My Return to Publishing I apologize to my regular readers for my extended absence. I have had a lot of accidents and mishaps over the last several weeks that have prevented me from writing regularly. The clincher, however, was that my computer crashed. I won’t go into much detail, but it was bad enough that … Continue reading Preliminary Introduction to Systems Thinking