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AbstractThis paper discusses the insights and reflections that lead to the development of a methodology informed by working at the interface between systems thinking and complexity theory. This arose from three workshops held at the University of Western Sydney to address barriers to market access for poor livestock producers, as part of a project for FAO's Pro‐Poor Livestock Policy Initiative. The first full‐day workshop was based around systems thinking methods using a group model‐building approach. By the end of the workshop the group concluded that the issues were far too complex to be addressed satisfactorily with this approach. Complexity theory was proposed as a suitable way forward. The next two half‐day workshops used complexity thinking methods to come up with a set of attractors and a shared mental model, which provided greater insights into the problem issues. The paper concludes with the reflections gained from the workshop activities Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Feedback Economics -- Part I: Macroeconomics -- Chapter 2. Get Started with Macro Modeling -- Chapter 3. Equilibrium, Instability, Growth and Feedback in Economics -- Chapter 4. Accounting System Dynamics Modeling of Money Stock as Debts: Theory and Case Analysis of Japan -- Chapter 5. A System Dynamics Translation of the Phillips Machine -- Part II: Microeconomics -- Chapter 6. Economic Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: A Simulation Feedback Model -- Chapter 7. Comparison of System Dynamics Calibration and Econometric Estimation -- Chapter 8. Modeling the "Paradox of Redistribution" -- Part III: Resource Economics -- Chapter 9. Limits to Growth Concepts in Classical Economics -- Chapter 10. Development of a Biophysical Economics Module for the Global Integrated Assessment Model WORLD7 -- Chapter 11. System Dynamics Modelling of Ecological-Economic Systems -- Chapter 12. Blessing or Burden? Another Look at the National Resource Curse -- Part IV: Policy Analysis -- Chapter 13. Policy Responses to Sovereign Debt Induced Banking Crises: A Model-Based Evaluation of Alternatives -- Chapter 14. Use of System Dynamics for Macro-Financial Scenario Assessment: Debt and Currency Crises in Russia -- Chapter 15. Economic Impact Assessment of Raw Material Efficiency -- Chapter 16. Insights on Profit Sharing and Jobs Creation in Bi-dimensional Goodwinian Models -- Part V: Variations and Reflections -- Chapter 17. Behavioral Expectation Formation and the Knife Edge: Another Look at Harrod -- Chapter 18. Burying Samuelson's Multiplier-Accelerator and resurrecting Goodwin's Growth Cycle in Minsky -- Chapter 19. Extending the Boundaries of Feedback Economics to Well-Being: An Interlinked Thinking Approach -- Chapter 20: A System Dynamics Scenario Model of the New Zealand Economy: Review and Reflections after 25 Years.

AbstractSystems archetypes are effective in communicating complex behaviour with relatively simple structures, across a wide range of topics. The "power dynamics" between different power holders are critically important in decision making when it comes to formulating and implementing policies. This topic was explored at a four‐day Australasian systems workshop run in New Zealand. A synthesis approach was combined with analytical procedures from system dynamics (SD). Building on Rahn's "Fear and Greed" political archetype, a conceptual "Power and Influence" political archetype was developed. This political archetype shows the impact of public support. It is used to analyse a crowdfunding story in New Zealand. A small SD concept model was subsequently constructed to test this story and evaluate alternative public support scenarios. A library of political archetypes and concept models would be an asset for the field of SD and provide a means of synthesising insights from case studies and social theory.© 2019 System Dynamics Society