This is who we are
To collaborate
We are System Dynamics specialists, joining forces to improve our modeling skills. We're more successful because we work together across multiple domains and there are always one or two members willing to collaborate with you on your project. We're better because we can involve someone with the right domain expertise in every project, and we build a model library together, invest in IT, and train (new) members. By joining forces, we can better serve more organizations.
Domains
We believe that systems thinking and scenario analysis are useful—and perhaps even necessary—for making sound decisions in uncertain, interconnected, and dynamic environments. We don't feel limited to a single domain; quite the opposite. We believe these analyses are useful for a wide range of domains, such as asset management, supply chain management, healthcare management, energy management, and so on. And we know that domain knowledge is essential for developing a high-quality model. That's why we're joining forces.
Our motto
The cooperative's motto is: reward for your efforts. Money is earned by carrying out projects and helping clients. Members don't have to buy in, don't pay annual membership fees, and receive nothing upon leaving. The association's fixed costs—which we keep minimal—are covered by the income from the projects. Anything earned above that is reinvested in the association (20%) or paid out to the members who carried out the work (80%).
Want to join in?
Are you interested in joining the cooperative? Let's get acquainted! We're looking for people who are (or want to become) specialists in system dynamics, have expertise in a socially relevant field (such as the energy transition, the circular economy, healthcare, etc.), and are eager to collaborate on projects with the other members. If the other members are also interested in collaborating with you, we have a match!
"The master-economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher – in some degree. […] He must contemplate the particular, in terms of the general, and touch abstract and concrete in the same flight of thought. He must study the present in the light of the past for the purposes of the future. No part of man’s nature or his institutions must be entirely outside his regard."
- John Maynard Keynes