Everydaydsrp

Dogs are our best friends, but we can't talk to them... we have no common language. But, what if you could use the simple rules of DSRP to teach your dog to communicate with you? This blog and the remarkable videos included illustrates how this is possible when we use the underlying stuctures of systems thinking.

“Systems Thinking” sounds like such a grandiose thing, requiring complicated tools designed to solve complicated problems. But what if there is more (or less) to it? What follows is a short blow-by-blow account of how I solved a small problem using DSRP (Distinctions, Systems, Relationships, Perspectives).

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Like all things, color is chock-full of DSRP patterns. Presented with the most common colors most of us can (unless colorblind) identify them on the spot. They are distinct from one another. 

Distinctions are universal. They are commonly thought to be uniquely human and to exist only as concepts.

 Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 4  This blog is part of a set of blogs under the tag "cognitive jigs." Be sure to check

Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 2 The British mathematician George E.P. Box said, "All mental models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong do

Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 3 Perspectives Rule Any Thing or Idea Can Be the Point or the View of a Perspective In systems thinking, perspectives are as

Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 3 Relationship Rule Any Idea or Thing Can Relate to Other Things or Ideas Relationships (e.g., connections, links, feedback, causality, likes, and

Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 3 Systems Rule Any Idea or Thing Can Be Split into Parts or Lumped into a Whole There’s an old saying that

Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 3 A deeper understanding and greater application of systems thinking requires that we identify the patterns that connect all of the

 Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 6 USING IDEA ANALYTICS TO PREDICT NEW IDEAS The predictive capabilities of DSRP are as simple as the theory itself. You can learn to use these predictive powers in just minutes.

One of the things I learned in my Systems Thinking courses at Cornell University is that systems thinking can be used not only to solve wicked problems, but also to

 Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 6 PREDICTIVE POWER OF SIMPLE RULES The ultimate goal of all science is to understand the intricacies of the universe well enoughto make predictions of what will occur. 

We're committed to increasing public understanding of science about systems thinking. We strive to make the basic science of systems thinking accessible without loss of fidelity. One of the many

The term cognitive slider was coined by Derek Cabrera to communicate “a relatively small, nourishing or ‘meaty’ mental model” for use in increasing one’s prosocial or emotional intelligence. This

 Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 5 This blog is part of a set of blogs under the tag "cognitive jigs."Be sure to check

Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 5 This blog is part of a set of blogs under the"cognitive jigs."Be sure to check

Excerpt from the book: Systems Thinking Made Simple, Chapter 5 This blog is part of a set of blogs under the"cognitive jigs."Be sure to check

In our research with K-12, undergraduate, graduate students, and the general public over the last decade, a number of patterns emerge that show us the specific things systems thinkers do.

image credit[1] This blog considers ways in which DSRP can improve our writing. DSRP is an acronym representing four simple rules the Cabreras posit as underlying the diversity

Image credit[1] This blog is about how practicing four simple rules can make us better people.[1:1] Derek Cabrera has identified four simple rules or patterns that underlie