Vehicular Congestion in Mexico City with Conrado Garcia Madrid The vehicular congestion in Mexico City project was a thesis project undertaken by Conrado and Annabel Membrillo in their undergraduate program at the ITAM in Mexico City in 1995. The project included initial qualitative systems mapping, multi-stakeholder interviews to build and validate a system dynamics model, and […]

BMC Diabetes with Hal Rabbino The BMC Diabetes project in 1997 used the reference behavior pattern, coupled with qualitative stock-flow diagramming to shift the global strategy of a diabetes diagnostic company, and to explain to its leadership why it had missed this critical turning point and how to make the transition. Initial Project Description In this 1o-minute […]

Delta-R with Hal Rabbino The Delta-R project, 2000-2001, integrated the strategic systems understanding into an online platform for an integrated understanding of the oilfield in hydrocarbon asset valuation.  The project started by developing the software, with the Delta-R software team, that integrated the system dynamics simulation capacity with the strategic systems framework to integrate different elements […]

Grupo Bal with Hal Rabbino The Grupo Bal project, in 1999, explored the strategic systems understanding of a corporate governance setting, understanding the interplay of multiple businesses and the role of the corporate function. Initial Project Description In this 10-minute exploration, Hal provides an overview of this strategic process, initial insights, key experiences, and shifts in the […]

Cancer Free Economy Network with Conrado Garcia Madrid The Cancer Free Economy Network project in 2015-2016 worked with a large, multi-stakeholder process to rid the US economy of carcinogenic toxins.  The project joined an on-going strategic systems process that already had a systems map and leverage points identified.  The project started by taking a team […]

Comision Estatal de Aguas de Queretaro with Conrado Garcia Madrid The Comision Estatal de Aguas de Queretaro project in 2006, with follow up in 2016, worked with the governmental agency leaders and some of their stakeholders to shift their strategy.  This project involved coordination with a simultaneous reengineering project, and culminated in a table of […]

Kraft Mexico with Conrado Garcia Madrid The Kraft Mexico project in 2003 brought together the Kraft Mexico sales team with its top distributors to understand the underlying dynamics of what worked and did not work in the sales system for them.  Combining system dynamics simulation and strategic clarity analysis, this project culminated in a 1.5-day […]

Global Colors Company with Luz Maria Puente Kawashima The Global Colors Company project started in 2002 and took place within the food colors division of the Mexico and Central America operations of a global colors company. The project used strategic systems mapping to engage functional areas across the company to see themselves as a whole. Initial […]

Town of Vail with Hal Rabbino The project with the Town of Vail covered the first two weeks of December 1998, exploring how this very successful global-destination ski resort could meet the needs of its visitors and its residents simultaneously.  Using the emerging Strategic Clarity process, we engaged the leadership of the Town of Vail in […]

Society for Organizational Learning with Hal Rabbino The project with the Council of the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL) began in the early fall of 2001, exploring how to engage SoL’s growing membership, across three constituencies: corporate members; researchers; and consultants.  The year-long Strategic Clarity process inquired into the systemic strategy, shifts in mental models and […]

FLOW Africa with Anna Cowen ad John Ziniades The FLOW project is a two-year long, University of Cape Town African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) research project that took place in two South African municipalities – the Greater Kokstad Municipality in KwaZuluNatal, and the Bergrivier Municipality in the Western Cape, from August 2014 – September 2016. […]

Luz y Fuerza Mexico — Electric Utility with Conrado Garcia Madrid The Luz y Fuerza Mexico project started in 1999 with a leader in the engineering staff of Mexico’s electric utility.  Using GRASP mapping and system dynamics modeling, this project explores the interplay of supply and demand of equipment and staffing within the electricity distribution system. Initial Project […]

San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) — Urban and Regional Planning with Conrado Garcia Madrid The San Miguel de Allende project started in 2010 with the local chamber of commerce, exploring the development of San Miguel beyond its strong successes in tourism.  This multi-stakeholder project evolved by 2014 to include the governor’s office, exploring regional development of […]

Mexican Financial System with Luz Maria Puente Kawashima The Mexican Financial System project, in 2012-2013, used strategic systems mapping to engage institutions across the Mexican financial system, including 42 stakeholder interviews from banks, non-banking banks, think tanks, academics, regulators, and insurers, from micro-financing to large financial institutions.  The intention, supported by co-investors UNIFIM, PWC, and the Institute […]

Energy Action Network (EAN) Vermont–The Next Generation with Annabel Membrillo Jimenez The EAN Vermont project is in its ninth year, from its initial inception through its strategic systems collaborative process, described elsewhere in the knowledgeable.  The new generation of leadership, recently engaged in 2017, reached out to engage Vibrancy in exploring how to re-embrace the systemic understanding […]

JFK The American School of Queretaro with Annabel Membrillo Jimenez and Conrado Garcia Madrid The JFK project is a 15-year initiative that took place in Mexico, from early 2004 to now in 2018, with the leadership of a large K-12 private school in Queretaro, Mexico.  This school has to comply with the standards of the Mexican […]

SAPAL — Water Management System for the Leon (Mexico) Metropolitan Area with Annabel Membrillo Jimenez and Conrado Garcia Madrid The SAPAL project is a 5-year initiative that took place in Mexico, from 2000 to 2005, with the leadership of a large governmental agency chartered with managing the water system of the metropolitan area of Leon (population […]

Banking Software Service Provider with Annabel Membrillo The Banking Software Service Provider project is a four-year initiative that took place in Mexico, from 2010 to 2014, within a large service provider (over 1,000 employees) within a global financial institution.  The initiative included hundreds of employees within the service provider and across other service providers, guided by […]

YES (Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability) —  with Luz Maria Puente Kawashima The YES (Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability) project started in 2008, when Luz Maria Puente sat with YES Latin America leadership, as part of the iScale Strategy, Structure, and Governance Community of Practice, first in a Clarity Forum near Boston (USA) and then in Geneva […]

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell with Luz Maria Puente Kawashima, Hal Rabbino, and Marshall Clemens The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell project in 2002 used strategic systems mapping and idiagrams to engage the leadership of a very impactful nonprofit, serving over 200 kids in Lowell, MA (USA), and on the brink of […]