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 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

  • September 15, 2023

    A.I. Brainstorming Group Session, Part I

  • September 29, 2023

    Jerker Denrell (University of Warwick)

    Relative versus Absolute Aspirations

  • October 6, 2023

    Jordan Tong (Wisconsin School of Business)

    A Replication Study of Operations Management Experiments in Management Science 

  • October 13, 2023

    Scott Page (University of Michigan) & the Center for Collective Intelligence 

    Institutional Ensembles and Cultural Institutional Capacity

    *Please note time change - Seminar will be held from 1:00-2:30pm ET

  • October 20, 2023

    Tom Fiddaman (Ventana Systems) & Angie Moon (MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering)

    If Vensim is the answer, what is the question? Reflecting on the future direction of the System Dynamics tool and user ecosystem

  • October 27, 2023

    No Seminar | LEAD Week (formerly known as SIP Week)

  • November 3, 2023

    A.I. Brainstorming Group Session, Part II

  • November 10, 2023

    No Seminar | MIT Closed for Veterans Day

  • November 17, 2023

    Michael Macy (Cornell University)

    The Shallowness of Deep Division

  • November 24, 2023

    No Seminar | MIT Closed for Thanksgiving

  • December 8, 2023

    Warren Farr (Informed Dynamic Solutions)

    Document the Model! What about the Modeling Process?