Gene Bellinger
January 11, 2023
3:30 PM to 4:15 PM EST
When I first started creating models my greatest impediment was a blank sheet of paper. Having it pounded into me from early in life that it wasn’t good to make mistakes I wanted to make sure I started in the right place. Not knowing where the right place was, I just couldn’t get started. As depicted in the image the blank page detracted from getting started, and not starting resulted in a blank page. Thus I was caught in a vicious reinforcing loop. * https://systemswiki.substack.com/p/and
About Gene Bellinger
Gene has been a passionate Systems Thinker for over four decades. He is a highly respected member of the systems thinking community, authored hundreds of models and articles, created over 1,500 videos about relationships and their implications, and from time to time, is a member of the System Dynamics Society. Gene spent several years working with the developers of both Insight Maker and Kumu. In 2013 Gene co-authored “Beyond Connecting the Dots: Modeling for Meaningful Results” with Scott Fortmann-Roe, the developer of Insight Maker. Gene shepherded the Systems Thinking World discussion group on LinkedIn to 20,000+ members focused on developing a better understanding of and employing systems thinking principles. Gene is also the developer of the Systems-Thinking website. Presently Gene is actively developing SystemsWiki’s Musings, understanding relationships, and their implications.