The Institute's research on ecosynomics and harmonic vibrancy explores the basic agreements that guide human interaction, the systemic-strategic frameworks that support those agreements, and how they are enacted in large-scale social change.
 
Basic Agreements
Large-scale Social Change
Systemic Strategy
Ritchie-Dunham, James, and Michael Puleo. 2012.  The Costs of Scarcity and the Benefits of Abundance, White Paper, Amherst, MA: Institute for Strategic Clarity, June.
Leaf, Andrew, and Ned Hulbert. 2010.  THORLO: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of Sustainability, White Paper, Amherst, MA: Institute for Strategic Clarity, November.
Ritchie-Dunham, James, James Throneburg, and Michael Puleo. 2010.  Living Ecosynomics: Brand Stewardship at THORLO, White Paper, Amherst, MA: Institute for Strategic Clarity, October.
Ritchie-Dunham, James L., and Ned Hulbert. 2009. The Dynamics of Our Relationship with Money, White Paper, Amherst, MA: Institute for Strategic Clarity, March.
Ritchie-Dunham, James L., and Ned Hulbert. 2009. Strings of Agreements with Money, White Paper, Amherst, MA: Institute for Strategic Clarity, February.
Spann, R. Scott and James L. Ritchie-Dunham. 2008. The Promise of Systems Thinking for Shifting Fundamental Dynamics, The Systems Thinker, 19(7), 6-10.  Reprinted as 2012. The Promise of Systems Thinking for Shifting Fundamental Dynamics, Reflections: The SoL Journal, 11(4), 11-17.
Ritchie-Dunham, James L. 2008. A Collaborative-Systemic Strategy Addressing the Dynamics of Poverty in Guatemala: Converting Seeming Impossibilities into Strategic Probabilities. In Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy, edited by C. Wankel. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Spann, R. Scott. 2007. Impossible, White Paper on Collaborative Holistic Inquiry Project in Guatemala, San Francisco: Innate Strategies, May.
Waddell, Steve. 2005.  A Learning History of the CARE-LAC – Institute for Strategic Clarity Guatemala Poverty Project. White Paper on Collaborative Holistic Inquiry Project in Guatemala, Amherst, MA: Institute for Strategic Clarity, March.
Ritchie-Dunham, James L. and Luz María Puente. 2008. Strategic Clarity: Actions for Identifying and Correcting Gaps in Mental Models, Long Range Planning, 41(5) 509-52.
Ritchie-Dunham, James L., Douglas J. Morrice, Edward G. Anderson, Jr., and James S. Dyer. 2007. A Simulation Exercise to Illustrate the Impact of an Enterprise System on a Service Supply Chain, INFORMS Transactions on Education, 7(3).
Rabbino, Hal and James Ritchie-Dunham. 2006. Managing the Global to Local Paradox, The Systems Thinker, 17(6), 8-10.
Ritchie-Dunham, James. 2005. The Four Truths of Clarity, Reflections; The SoL Journal of Knowledge, Learning and Change, 6(6/7), vi-vii.
Ritchie-Dunham, James. 2004. A Framework for Achieving Clarity for You and Your Organization, The Systems Thinker, 15(7), September, 7-8.
Rabbino, Hal, Cleon Dunham, and James Ritchie-Dunham. 2004. Optimizing the Organizational Design of a Typical Upstream Exploration and Production Company, Journal of Petroleum Technology, February.
Georgantzas, Nicholas, and James Ritchie-Dunham. 2003. Designing High-Leverage Strategies and Tactics, Human Systems Management, 22(1), 1-11.
Puente, Luz Maria, and Hal Rabbino. 2003. Creating Value with Strategic Resources, The Connector: Connecting Systems Thinkers Around the World, 1(5), September-October.
Ritchie-Dunham, James. 2002. Balanced Scorecards, Mental Models, and Organizational Performance. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Management Science and Information Systems, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Available on-line (3.0MB) or through UMI (pub# ATT 3082891).
Ritchie-Dunham, James, and Hal Rabbino. 2001. Managing from Clarity: Identifying, Aligning and Leveraging Strategic Resources, Chichester: Wiley.
Ritchie-Dunham, James, and Annabel Membrillo. 2000. Reconciling Local and Global Goals: A Systemic View of the Organizational Map, The Systems Thinker, 11(2). Also available in Spanish as Reconciliando las Metas Locales y Globales: Una Visión Sistémica del Mapa Organizacional, El Pensador Sistémico, 11(2), Marzo 2000. [Please see The Systems Thinker copyright notice.]
Ritchie-Dunham, James, and Annabel Membrillo. 1999. Breaking Down Functional Blinders: A Systemic View of the Organizational Map, The Systems Thinker, 10(10). Also available in Spanish as Rompiendo Las Divisiones Funcionales: Una Visión Sistémica del Mapa Organizacional, El Pensador Sistémico, 10(10), Dic/Ene 1999/2000. [Please see The Systems Thinker copyright notice.]
Ritchie-Dunham, James, and Jorge Mendez Galvan. 1999. Evaluating Epidemic Intervention Strategies with Systems Thinking: A Case Study of Dengue in Mexico, System Dynamics Review, 15(2): 119-138.