Simple Rules

Human Systems Dynamics Simple Rules

• Teach and learn in every interaction
• Search for the true and the useful
• Give and get value for value
• Share the HSD story
• Attend to the whole, the part, and the greater whole
• Engage in joyful practice

Within the HSD Institute, we have agreed that this short list of simple rules will be the guide for our behaviors. We have developed a list of behavioral expectations that describe how we intend to interact with Associates, partners, friends, and the world at large.

Teach and learn in every interaction.

• Diverse individuals feel engaged with HSD
• People comment on the ways HSD culture is different from others.
• We continue to revise theory and practice as we learn new concepts and applications.

Search for the true and the useful.

• Students leave classes with radical new insights and powerful new options for action.
• Scholars and practitioners draw on expertise of HSD network members.
• Associates are proud to tell others about their relationships to HSD.

Give and get value for value.

• We hold each other accountable.
• Associates commit time and resources to the good of the network as a whole and to the Institute.
• People engage in mutually beneficial relationships around HSD concepts, models, and methods.

Share the HSD story.

• Associates have the tools and confidence they need to share the HSD story.
• The visibility of HSD increases quickly and in many sectors.
• The number and diversity of individuals drawn to HSD increases.

Attend to the whole, the part, and the greater whole.

• Associates see themselves as part of something larger.
• More centers erupt in various places and spaces.
• HSD practitioners are drawn more often into global service contexts.

Engage in joyful practice.

• You hear laughter when HSD Associates are together.
• Associates smile when they tell the HSD invitation to inquiry.
• People want to draw their families and friends into the HSD conversation.