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Invitation to a Luncheon
Invitation from the T.S. Chang, Director of the Urban Development Department of CIECD, and Director of Taiwan Provincial Public Work Bureau, serving as coordinator of the 1972 U.S. - China Cooperative Science Program Seminar on Urban Problems, held…
Interactive Management Workshop on Linkages Between Users and Producers of Technology in Ghana
This excerpt from a longer report details the conclusions of an Interactive Management workshop held in 1997 in Ghana, with direction from Warfield.
IM Projects at George Mason University
This six page document lists out details of Interactive Management projects conducted by the Center for Interactive Management between 1983 and 1988.
Illustrating Two Problem Situations
This figure, with hand drawn images by Warfield, was used in numerous presentations to explain the difficulty in solving complex problems.
High School Play: "Faith, Hope, and Flarity"
Warfield acts a part in his high school's junior play. He can be seen standing, center rear.
Graduate Record Examination Test Results
This early computer punch card shows the results of Warfield's 1947 Graduate Record Examination. He scored a 740 on the Advanced Test in Mathematics, placing him above the 98% of all test takers.
Gift from Students in Taiwan
In 2008, students from Taiwan sent an elaborate framed memento to Warfield as a way to thank him for developing Interactive Management. (Note: due to privacy concerns, the contact email information has been removed from this image).
Ford Motor Company Problematique
This 1992 problematique for a Ford Motor Company IM session on their Analytical Powertrain project was part of a longer report on the results of the session.
Flowchart of the ISM Process
This diagram was created by John Warfield to provide a visual representation of the Interpretive Structural Modeling process.
Facilitator Ben Broome Leads an IM session
Facilitator Ben Broome leads 1995 IM session with SRA for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency).
Eta Kappa Nu Initiation, 1947
Initiates of the engineering honor society Eta Kappa Nu at the University of Missouri in 1947. Warfield is in the back row, third from the right.
Electrical Engineering Exam, 1975
This Fall 1975 test is for an advanced course in Electrical Engineering at the University of Virginia, taught by Warfield.
Dr. Alexander Christakis in a Naval Surface Weapons Center IM Session
Alexander Christakis, Director of the Center for Interactive Management, leads an IM session in 1984 with the Naval Surface Weapons Center.
Doctor of Philosophy, 1952
Warfield was awarded his PhD by Purdue University in 1952.
Diagram of the Interactive Between Man and Machine in the Interpretive Structural Modeling Process
This 1973 sketch shows the interaction between humans and digital computers, to be used in the Interpretive Structural Modeling process devised by Warfield.
Demosophia at George Mason University
This 1985 photo shows the specially constructed Demosophia - the Interactive Management Situation Room - at George Mason University, in Thompson Hall.
Cover: Pennsylvania State University Engineering Review
Warfield (rear) and colleague H.I. Tarpley appeared on the cover of the Summer 1954 edition of Pennsylvania State University Engineering Review. In the photo, they are working with pioneering early computing equipment.
Computer Station in Southwest Marine Fisheries Center Demosophia
Southwest Marine Fisheries Center IM session on or before Feb 1990. Program Planning and Evaluation Officer David Mackett can be seen facilitating.
Computer Station in 1995 IM Session
Ben Broome and a colleague man laptops in a 1995 IM session with SRA International on behalf of DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency).
Computer Laboratory, Penn State, 1954
Warfield examines compares computer equipment with a text book at the Penn State Computer Laboratory, Spring 1954.
Computer Generated Questions in an IM Session
A typical computer generated question is projected on a large screen television monitor during a 1984 IM workshop with the Naval Surface Weapons Center.
Citizens' Initiative for a Healthy Civil Society
In 2002, an Interactive Management workshop was held in India to consider problems of splintered factions of society and resulting acts of violence.
CIM Planning at UVa
This 11 page document sets goals for the Center for Interactive Management at the University of Virginia, and establishes benchmarks to measure success.
Certificate: Army Specialized Training Program
Private Warfield received a certificate upon completion of a series of courses in Electrical Engineering at Penn State taken from December 1944 through December 1945.
Camp Crowder, MO
Soldiers pose in an office at Camp Crowder, MO. Warfield is second from left, reclining on a table.