#💡 #🟠 # reinforcing loop ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Nov 11, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 03, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[Learning]], [[Leadership MOC]] One of two foundational structures of [[systems thinking]], the other being the [[balancing loop]]. In a reinforcing loop, an action produces a result which influences more of the same action - leading to either growth or decline. These can be seen as [[virtuous cycle|virtuous cycles]] or [[vicious cycle|vicious cycles]]. ![[mental model reinforcing loop.png]] *Example of reinforcing loop of [[mental models]]* --- ## Sources [[Systems Thinking Basics - Anderson & Johnson 1997]]