DESTA has marked its presence at multiple editions of the ISDC over the years, since the 2018 conference in Iceland. We have presented multiple papers there, which can be found on our publications page. This year as well, DESTA is present at the ISDC, with the paper titled “Systems Thinking makes you Wise, System Dynamics helps you test your Wisdom” being presented virtually in University of Bergen, on 6th August 2024. In this paper, through the use of a real-world case, we demonstrate that applying systems thinking makes people gain wisdom about the systems structure and the reasons for their counterintuitive behaviour. But it does not allow them to completely test their wisdom by answering specific questions. The use of system dynamics becomes necessary at this stage and thus must always be applied together with systems thinking to create a higher impact. More about the conference can be found on the conference webpage. See the video of the presentation here.
