Business Dynamics is one of the crucial books which help understand the cybernetic aspect of business. I use it in addition to Peter Senge's 5th Discipline and 5th Discipline Fieldbook. John D. Sterman uses mathematics in a moderate way, only where it is really needed. Diagrams and examples (help to create an understanding of the concepts he is writing about. He uses many "challenges" as an exercise for the reader. As it is a lot of material he presents, he closes every chapter with a summary one can use for reflection. Therefore if you complete the exercises and read carefully through the book, you should be prepared for discussing almost any "issue" in your next meeting.