System Dynamics

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

  • February 10, 2023

    Daniel Levinthal (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)

    Bringing Power Back in: The Role of Politics in Organizational Adaptation

  • February 24, 2023

    Jad Sassine (Amazon)

    How Does Network Structure Impact Socially Reinforced Diffusion?

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • March 31, 2023

    No Seminar | MIT Closed for Spring Break

  • April 7, 2023

    Hazhir Rahmandad (MIT Sloan)

    A Framework for Estimating Feedback-Rich Models using Panel Datasets (work-in-progress)

  • April 21, 2023

    Douglas Guildeault (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley)

    Complex Contagions and the Hidden Influence of the Network Periphery