David Ing’s OCAD reading route
This guide covers the six core resources in the supplied recommendation. The complete 13-week course pro forma could not be retrieved for this pass. A module-by-module guide and close reading of its additional papers remain open.
The recommendation identifies Stephen N. Davies as the winter 2026 course instructor and David Ing as a volunteer contributor. These are distinct roles.
Follow the readings
| Resource | What has been checked | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Tools, Exercises, and Strategies for Coping With Complexity | Publication metadata and the submitted reading recommendation checked; full text not reviewed. | Atlas entry |
| The Systems Thinker | Publisher’s About page and the submitted reading recommendation. An archive of multiple authors, not one authored theory. | Atlas entry |
| Systems Approaches to Making Change: A Practical Guide | Second edition, 2020. Publisher metadata checked; the introductory chapter abstract provides a bounded comparison of five methods. | Atlas entry |
| Systems Thinkers | Second edition, 2020. Ramage and Shipp are credited by the publisher as authors. | Atlas entry |
| Contexts: The Systemic Design Journal | Journal named in the submitted recommendation. Article-level review remains open. | Atlas entry |
| She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation | Journal named in the submitted recommendation. Article-level review remains open. | Atlas entry |
One explicit comparison
Reynolds and Holwell’s introductory abstract compares SD, VSM, SODA, SSM and CSH. Its rationale concerns change and uncertainty, constructivist use, and combinations of methods. Read the chapter abstract and access options. This is abstract-level evidence, not a claim to have read the subscription chapter.
How to read the connections
Selection for teaching, authorship, a conceptual comparison and historical influence are different statements. The map records which kind is being made. A course’s order is not evidence that one author influenced the next.
Prepared with AI assistance from named sources. Evaluations and proposed practice uses remain editorial contributions, open to correction. No contributor role or independent review is implied.