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The Cabrera Lab Blog
As part of our research mission, we strive to make the science of systems thinking accessible to everyone. The Cabrera Lab Blog and the Cabrera Lab Podcast are our primary platforms for sharing these ideas. The views expressed in these outlets are solely our own and do not necessarily represent those of our partners or of Cornell University.
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SYSTEMS THINKING IS NOT THE SAME AS HOLISTIC THINKING
Let’s deconstruct this often made claim that systems thinking (ST) stands in contrast to (in this case on opposite ends of a continuum...
Derek Cabrera
Jul 24, 20157 min read
INTRODUCING COMPLEXITY INTO RELATIONSHIPS: PEOPLE AND FOOD
Image credit: Association for Psychological Science.1 I’m writing again about the four simple rules of systems thinking: Distinctions,...
Erin Powers
Jul 23, 20152 min read
HOW PERSPECTIVE-TAKING CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE
Today I’m exploring one of the four simple rules of systems thinking (DSRP) from the book Systems Thinking Made Simple: New Hope for...
Erin Powers
Jul 23, 20152 min read
A PRIMER ON THE FOUR SIMPLE RULES OF SYSTEMS THINKING
Dr. Derek Cabrera has long demonstrated that four simple rules characterize the field of systems thinking and operate across its...
Erin Powers
Jul 22, 20153 min read
NEW GROUNDBREAKING BOOK IN SYSTEMS THINKING PUBLISHED
SYSTEMS THINKING MADE SIMPLE We are excited to announce the release of our new book, Systems Thinking Made Simple: New Hope for Solving...
Staff
Jul 20, 20154 min read
WEST POINT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING COURSE ADOPTS STMS BOOK
Our new book, Systems Thinking Made Simple: New Hope for Solving Wicked Problems (Amazon), will be used as a textbook in an upcoming...
Erin Powers
Jul 19, 20152 min read
NEW BOOK ON SYSTEMS THINKING RELEASED
We're excited to announce the publication of a new book on systems thinking by Drs. Derek and Laura Cabrera. Systems Thinking Made...
Erin Powers
Jul 19, 20151 min read
CABRERA RESEARCH LAB RELEASES METAMAPS, A POWERFUL SYSTEMS THINKING AND MODELING SOFTWARE PLATFORM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 27, 2015 Ithaca, NY -- With the upcoming beta-release of their systems thinking modeling tool, MetaMap,...
Staff
Feb 27, 20155 min read
CORNELL UNIVERSITY SPONSORS SYSTEMS THINKING V2.0 CONFERENCE
Ithaca, NY November 21, 2014 — On Wednesday December 3, 2014 from 4:30-7:00pm (Plant Sciences 233), the Cornell Institute for Public...
Staff
Dec 3, 20147 min read
SYSTEMS THINKING LECTURE AT CORNELL'S JOHNSON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Dr. Derek Cabrera was invited to speak with Graduate Business Students at Cornell's Johnson School Dr Derek Cabrera was invited to speak...
Staff
Nov 21, 20142 min read
WE THINKS: A WATER EDUCATION SUMMIT
Water educators, program directors, and industry members gathered to discuss how to get youth thinking Over 30 educators, program...
Staff
Nov 4, 20143 min read
THOUGHT LEADERS AND EDUCATORS GATHER TO PRESCRIBE NEW FLOW FOR WATER EDUCATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Madison, WI, October 25, 2014 —A surprising collection of educators, leaders and water industry members are...
Derek Cabrera
Oct 24, 20142 min read
TREKKING ACROSS A DISTINCTION
OCTOBER 16, 2014 From a trek I did in Europe. A slow journey across a single distinction. An aerial view of the European Alps...a...
Derek Cabrera
Oct 15, 20142 min read
SIR KEN ROBINSON AND DR. DEREK CABRERA HEADLINE EDUCATION CONFERENCE
An educational conference dedicated our Vision-Mission to Engage, Educate and Empower 7 Billion Thinkers Sir Ken Robinson and Dr. Derek...
Erin Powers
Jul 29, 20147 min read
DR. CABRERA'S KEYNOTE AT THE E3 ED CONFERENCE
A Vision and Mission for Educators: Engage, Educate, and Empower Thinkers in Classrooms, Schools, and Districts Please use the following...
Derek & Laura Cabrera
Jul 28, 201421 min read
DR. CABRERA'S 2015 ISSS PLENARY TALK
Dr. Cabrera's plenary at ISSS (the 58th Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences at the School of Business at George...
Derek & Laura Cabrera
Jul 27, 201420 min read
SOLVING THE DILEMMA OF DESIGN THINKING
Are the visualization approaches designers use a conscious choice? I was at the Design School the other day at Cornell University and I...
Derek Cabrera
Jul 21, 20148 min read
WHAT IS DSRP?
Captured in our book, Systems Thinking Made Simple , DSRP is an acronym that stands for the four simple rules that underlie all forms of...
Staff
Jul 20, 20141 min read
EQ MEETS IQ
June 11, 2014 The original Dalai Lama and founder of Buddhism, the Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha, said, “We are what we think. All that...
Derek Cabrera
Jun 10, 20145 min read
MEET CORTEX MAN! HOW YOUR BRAIN SEES YOUR BODY
April 14, 2014 Cortex Man (scientific name: Cortical Homunculus) is important for anyone who works in human learning (hint: that's really...
Derek Cabrera
Apr 13, 20143 min read
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