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Places to Intervene in a System

(increasing effectiveness)

Numbers

The constants and parameters

Buffers

The sizes of stabilizing stocks relative to their flows

Stock-and-flow structures

The physical systems and their nodes of intersection

Delays

The lengths of time relative to the rates of system changes

Balancing feedback

The strength of the feedbacks relative to the impacts

Reinforcing feedback

The strength of the gain of driving loops

Information Flows

The structure of access to information

Rules

The incentives, punishments, and constraints

Self Organization

The power to add, change, or evolve system structures

Goals

The purpose of the system

Paradigms

The mindset out of which the system arises

Transcending Paradigms