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Problematique for Defense Information Systems Agency
Problematique output from 1995 IM session with SRA for DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency).
Private John Warfield
This photo of Private John Warfield was taken in 1944, while stationed in Arkansas.
Principal Discoveries in My 32-Year Research Program on the Study of Complexity
This 2000 paper by Warfield attempts to boil down his 32 years of research into 6 short pages.
PENNSTAC: Fast Memory Switch Wiring Diagram
This one page excerpt is from a large binder of computing materials related to the PENNSTAC computer project at Penn State in the 1950's. Note that the diagram has been approved and initialed by Warfield.
Patent for a Double Bridge Network for Producing Signals Having a Modulation Envelope Phase Difference
This patent, Warfield's second, was also known as a "digital goniometer."
Patent for a Digital Squelch System
Warfield's second patent was for a "digital squelch system."
Partnership with Ecuador
Warfield signs an agreement with the Central University of Ecuador and Ecuadorian researchers to explore Interactive Management solutions to problems with Ecuador's economy. Shown in this photo are:
Seated (L-R): John Warfield, Tiberio…
Seated (L-R): John Warfield, Tiberio…
Participants at 1994 Ford IM session
Participants work on individual assignments during an Interactive Management for Ford Motor Company in 1994.
Outstanding Contribution Award, 1977
Warfield was given the 1977 Outstanding Contribution Award by the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Organization Chart, Center for Interactive Management, 1988
This 1988 organizational chart shows the key players in the Center for Interactive Management at George Mason University.
Offer Letter from Pennsylvania State College
Warfield returned to Penn State in 1949 as an Instructor in Electrical Engineering. This offer letter lays out the specifics of salary, duties, and the possibility of tenure.
Offer Letter from Hughes Aircraft
This 1952 letter from Hughes Aircraft offered Warfield a position in their Research and Development Laboratories, working on "classified government projects."
NMFS Planner Wins NOAA Administrator's Award Using IM
Planning officer David Mackett of the National Marine Fisheries Service won the 1991 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 1991 Administrator's Award, in large part due to his use of Interactive Management. The George Mason University CIM…
Naval Surface Weapons Center IM Session
Participants at a Naval Surface Weapons Center Interactive Management session observe questions presented on the large screen computer display.
Military Participants Converse During an IM Session
Two soldiers hold a conversation during an Interactive Management workshop.
Letter: IBM comments on the utility of ISM
A letter from IBM speaks to the use of ISM in the corporation, and its value in group problem solving.
Letter from United Way Regarding a Successful IM Workshop
This letter from a local United Way chapter speaks glowingly of a recently completed Interactive Management workshop.
Letter from John C. Johnson, Ordnance Research Laboratory
This 1961 letter from John C. Johnson, Director of the Ordnance Research Laboratory at Penn State, discusses the possibility of a return to the university. In goes into great detail on the goals and functions of the Ordnance Research Laboratory.
Letter About CIM from Americans for Indian Opportunity
This 1986 letter from LaDonna Harris to George Mason University President George Johnson speaks glowingly of an Interactive Management workshop held on Native American issues.
Layout of George Mason Demosophia
This 1985 plan shows the layout of the "Demosophia," the situation room for Interactive Management, located at George Mason University.
John Warfield, Age 5
This 1931 formal portrait shows Warfield at age 5.
John Warfield and Rosamond Howe, 1947
John Warfield with his future wife, Rosamond Howe, in 1947.
John Warfield
Warfield participates in an unidentified IM workshop.
John and Rose Warfield on a Picnic
Warfield and his wife Rose, on a picnic at Black Moshannon Lake in Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1950.
ISM Session, circa 1974
This Battelle photograph shows Warfield (seated, far left) conducting an Interpretive Structural Modeling session sometime on or before 1974. Note the computer terminals on the tables.