Please note that faculty are subject to change and not all faculty teach in each session of the program.

• 

  Andrew Jones

  Co-Director, Climate Interactive
  Adjunct Faculty, MIT Sloan School of Management
  

  Drew is Co-Director of Climate Interactive. He is a system dynamics modeler, facilitator, trainer, and designer of simulation-based learning environments.

  Trained in Environmental Engineering and System Dynamics modeling through a B.A. at Dartmouth College and a M.S. in Technology and Policy at MIT, he worked in the 1990s at Rocky Mountain Institute and in the 2000s with Dana Meadows at Sustainability Institute...

  ... (more)

  Drew is Co-Director of Climate Interactive. He is a system dynamics modeler, facilitator, trainer, and designer of simulation-based learning environments.

  Trained in Environmental Engineering and System Dynamics modeling through a B.A. at Dartmouth College and a M.S. in Technology and Policy at MIT, he worked in the 1990s at Rocky Mountain Institute and in the 2000s with Dana Meadows at Sustainability Institute.

  He has focused his practice on helping individuals and teams solve problems by applying system dynamics modeling and systems thinking in the areas of corporate sustainability, diabetes and public health, global climate change, and land use policy.

  As part of the CDC System Dynamics team, he accepted the “ASysT Prize” for “a significant accomplishment achieved through the application of systems thinking to a problem of US national significance.”

  He and his team at CI and MIT Sloan developed C-ROADS, the user-friendly climate simulation in use by the U.S. State Department’s Jonathan Pershing, John Holdren in the White House, Senator John Kerry, and analysts for the Chinese Government.

  He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in system dynamics, systems thinking, and sustainability at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. (less)

• 

  James Lyneis

  Senior Lecturer
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  

  James Lyneis is a Professor of Practice in the Social Science and Policy Studies Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he teaches system dynamics and economics. He is also a Senior Lecturer at MIT, where he teaches system dynamics and System and Project Management. His research interests include applications of system dynamics to project management, business strategy, and economics... ... (more)

  James Lyneis is a Professor of Practice in the Social Science and Policy Studies Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he teaches system dynamics and economics. He is also a Senior Lecturer at MIT, where he teaches system dynamics and System and Project Management. His research interests include applications of system dynamics to project management, business strategy, and economics.

  Prior to joining the WPI faculty, he worked for 25 years in the Business Dynamics Practice of PA Consulting Group (formerly known as Pugh-Roberts Associates). At Pugh-Roberts, he specialized in the application of system dynamics techniques to business strategy, market analysis, project management, and management training, and worked in the telecommunications, electric utility, aerospace, and financial services industries. Prior to consulting, he was an Assistant Professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He is author of the book Corporate Planning and Policy Design: A System Dynamics Approach, as well as numerous journal articles. Dr. Lyneis has a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Michigan and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Management from MIT. (less)

• 

  J. Bradley Morrison

  Senior Lecturer
  MIT Engineering Systems Division
  

  Brad Morrison studies dynamically complex problems in organizations, organizational change, and management using the tools of system dynamics. His research centers on why organizations find it difficult to do what they want to do. Morrison focuses on implementation problems, which he has studied in several contexts, such as process improvement settings and firms adopting the practices of lean manufacturing... ... (more)

  Brad Morrison studies dynamically complex problems in organizations, organizational change, and management using the tools of system dynamics. His research centers on why organizations find it difficult to do what they want to do. Morrison focuses on implementation problems, which he has studied in several contexts, such as process improvement settings and firms adopting the practices of lean manufacturing. He tries to understand why some cases lead to successful implementation, while others lead to failures. For example, why do apparently well-intended actions often lead to outcomes that differ greatly from people?s intentions? How do the actions some managers take foster the very problems they are attempting to solve? His research is strongly rooted in organizational theory, with a methodological emphasis on interpretation through the lens of system dynamics.

  Over a 20-year career with a leading management consulting firm, Morrison has assisted dozens of organizations that wrestle with change in areas such as product development and supply chain management. His consulting clients have included agencies of the United States and other governments, global consumer products firms, major retailers, and professional services firms. He has extensive experience in Asia, having worked in 11 countries on projects for clients from North America, Asia, and Europe.

  Morrison teaches at MIT in the System Design and Management program, the Leaders for Manufacturing program, Executive Education programs at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program. He is a senior scientist in the Pre-Conflict Anticipation and Shaping research team at MIT. Morrison teaches courses in business dynamics, operations management, and supply chain management in the MBA program at Brandeis University?s International Business School.

  He holds a PhD in management (system dynamics and organization studies) from the MIT Sloan School of Management, an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and undergraduate degrees in chemistry and management science from MIT. (less)

• 

  Mark Paich

  Senior Lecturer
  MIT Sloan School of Management
  

  Mark is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on the dynamic modeling methodology, both as an experienced analyst and a proven instructor. Mark has published extensively on dynamic modeling in Management Science, Interfaces, Sloan Management Review, and several book chapters. In addition, his work has been featured in John Sterman’s Business Dynamics, Peter Senge’s Fifth Discipline Field Book, and Vince Barabba’s Surviving Transformation... ... (more)

  Mark is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on the dynamic modeling methodology, both as an experienced analyst and a proven instructor. Mark has published extensively on dynamic modeling in Management Science, Interfaces, Sloan Management Review, and several book chapters. In addition, his work has been featured in John Sterman’s Business Dynamics, Peter Senge’s Fifth Discipline Field Book, and Vince Barabba’s Surviving Transformation.

  Mark has been the CEO of Slaxer-Paich Marketing , a senior professor of economics at The Colorado College, a Senior Specialist at McKinsey & Co., as well as a principal in a number of dynamic modeling consultancies throughout his professional career.

  With 30 years of modeling experience, Mark has worked on client engagements with over fifty Fortune 500 companies, as well as innumerable projects with smaller firms. A crowning moment in Mark’s impressive career came when his team from General Motors received 2nd place in the 2001 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

  Mark holds a PhD in System Dynamics from MIT, as well as a Master of Economics degree from the University of Colorado and a BA in Economics from The Colorado College. (less)