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The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 24: Monologue/Dialogue
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  Teams experience the difference between one person talking to another person and both people participating in a two-way conversation. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers.
  More about the book at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_systems_thinking_playbook:hardcover%20with%20dvd
The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 25: Living Loops
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  Standing in a circle, participants act out links within reinforcing and balancing feedback loops. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers.
  More about the book at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_systems_thinking_playbook:hardcover%20with%20dvd
The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 26: Harvest
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  Fishing companies choose how much to fish, knowing the rules for regeneration of the population.

Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System. The rules and goals embedded within the system create the typical trend of a declining fish population. In addition, individual teams do not generally see themselves as causing the problem. Rather, they tend to blame others for the loss of fish. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers.
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The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 27: Triangles
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  Participants identify two reference points and must maintain equidistance from them at all times. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers.
  More about the book at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_systems_thinking_playbook:hardcover%20with%20dvd
The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 28: Avalanche
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  Given a pole, participants must lower the pole to the ground without losing contact with the pole or allowing washers to fall off the ends.

Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System, Incorrect High-Leverage Policies. As participants attempt to reach a shared goal, the tendency is to blame one another for failure rather than looking at the underlying structure of the system Available at Chelsea Green Publishers.
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The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 29: Space for Living
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  Given a set of rope circles, participants must find a way to have every person have both feet inside a circle. After each round, circles are removed until everyone must find space inside the last circle.

Complex Systems Connection: Ineffective Action. Participants must find a way to share a limited (and shrinking) resource. As they attempt to solve the problem, they must shift a mental model in order to successfully meet the goal. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers.
  More about the book at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_systems_thinking_playbook:hardcover%20with%20dvd
The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 3: Circles in the Air
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  While drawing a circle in the air, people view it from below and above to explore how seeing a system from different perspectives impacts beliefs about a system. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers
  More about the book at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_systems_thinking_playbook:hardcover%20with%20dvd
The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 30: Group Juggle
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  Participants in this group activity attempt to improve performance on a particular task.

Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System, Incorrect High-Leverage Policies. Participants attempt to improve performance by changing the structure of the system, but the action is only effective up to a point. Participants must change a mental model about the rules in order to create significant change in the system. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers.
  More about the book at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_systems_thinking_playbook:hardcover%20with%20dvd
The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 4: Thumb Wrestling
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  Participants play a game with commonly known rules and goals. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers.

Complex Systems Connection: Cause within System, Ineffective Action. Participant's mental models about the the system structure (the game) get in the way of significantly improving performance. As efforts increase, performance actually goes down.
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The Systems Thinking Playbook Exercise 5: Chevreul’s Pendulum
Author(s): Linda Booth Sweeney, & Dennis Meadows Subject: Cross-Curricular
  This exercise can illustrate the power of a personal vision on the behavior of a system. Available from Chelsea Green Publishers.
  More about the book at: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_systems_thinking_playbook:hardcover%20with%20dvd
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