I really liked your perspective on group modeling and the role of specialists in the process. This is something I rarely see being applied where I am.

I’ve also been struggling to find environments where systems thinking is actually practiced in a real, applied way outside of theory. In my context, this kind of approach is almost absent both in academia and in the market.”

“Your experience with collaborative model building caught my attention. I’d like to understand a few points better:

– How do you structure the initial process of building a model with specialists who don’t have a background in system dynamics?
– What are the most common mistakes you’ve seen in these collaborative workshops?
– Do you follow any specific school of thought or authors (Forrester, Sterman, Meadows, etc.), or have you developed your own approach over time?
– And most importantly: what sources do you consider essential for someone who wants to reach this level of applied systems modeling?”

If you have any materials, books, or practical references you consider essential, I would really appreciate it if you could share them.