System Dynamics Seminars
MIT Sloan brings together industry and academic leaders to discuss how System Dynamics can help us better understand complex challenges, shape policy, influence decision-making, and yield lasting benefits for businesses and society.
System Dynamics Seminars are currently held every other Friday from 12:30-2:00pm ET in the Jay W. Forrester conference room (E62-450) and via Zoom this semester, unless otherwise specified. Please email Jocelyn Climent at jcliment@mit.edu to be added to our mailing list and receive updates.
The schedule and guest speakers will be posted as information becomes available.
Current Seminars
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February 10, 2023
Daniel Levinthal (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Bringing Power Back in: The Role of Politics in Organizational Adaptation
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February 24, 2023
Jad Sassine (Amazon)
How Does Network Structure Impact Socially Reinforced Diffusion?
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March 3, 2023
Jack Homer (Homer Consulting), Bobby Milstein (ReThink Health/Rippel Foundation), & Chris Soderquist (Pontifex Consulting)*
Thriving Together: An Interactive Play About Shared Stewardship (part 1)
*Please note that this seminar is scheduled for 2 full hours (12:30-2:30pm ET)
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March 10, 2023
Jack Homer (Homer Consulting), Bobby Milstein (ReThink Health/Rippel Foundation), & Chris Soderquist (Pontifex Consulting)
First Look at ReThink Health's Multisolving Investment Model (part 2)
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March 24, 2023
George Papachristos (School of Innovation Sciences, TU Eindhoven) and Fernando Suarez (D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University)
First Mover, Fast Second or Later Mover in Platform Industries? An Integrated Model of Entry Timing Advantages
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March 31, 2023
No Seminar | MIT Closed for Spring Break
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April 7, 2023
Hazhir Rahmandad (MIT Sloan)
A Framework for Estimating Feedback-Rich Models using Panel Datasets (work-in-progress)
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April 21, 2023
Douglas Guildeault (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley)
Complex Contagions and the Hidden Influence of the Network Periphery