Aug articles

Business as a System: Dynamics

This is a raw idea and is likely to be subject to multiple rounds of revision. When talking about systems, the term dynamics refers to how systems respond to perturbations. As system analysts, we are interested in two types of responses: the transient response and the steady state. A …

The Idea of the Value Forest

Most of us familiar with the idea of value chains. But value chains exist in value forests, aggregations of networks of value chains so vast and complex but so intricately intertwined.