[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/) # Foundational works The books, papers and the calculus, where the theory is stated most fully. These are not evidence; they are what the rest of this is testing. 18 entries. - [Systems Thinking (Doctoral Dissertation)](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/86) — Cabrera D, 2006. The original dissertation that introduced DSRP. - [Thinking at Every Desk](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/123) — Four Simple Skills to Transform Your Classroom — Cabrera & Cabrera, 2008 / 2011. Education-focused synthesis of the four skills. - [Systems Thinking Made Simple](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/184) — New Hope for Solving Wicked Problems in a Complex World — Cabrera & Cabrera, 2015 / 2018 (2nd ed.). The primary synthesis of DSRP for a broad audience. Winner, 2017 AECT Outstanding Book Award. - [Flock Not Clock](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/253) — Design, Align, and Lead to Achieve Your Vision — Cabrera & Cabrera, 2018. Organizational application of the framework (VMCL). - [DSRP-484](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/376) — Building an advanced understanding of O-Theory, DSRP theory, and the DSRP calculus. — Cabrera D, 2023 - [A Mathematical Theory of Organization](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/432) — DSRP as Universal Code of Mind and Nature — Cabrera D, 2024. Formal treatment of DSRP as a universal code underlying both mind and nature. - [New Hope for Policy Schools](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/446) — Examining systems thinking solutions to improve policy education — Aljrarri W, Bustamante J, Ingwell A, Labrada T, Nadig B, Shin J, Cabrera, and Cabrera, 2024 - [Connect the Dots](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/464) — The 4 Habits of Mental Fitness to Think Clearly, Adapt with Grace and Grit, and Thrive in Complexity — Cabrera & Cabrera, 2025. Frames the four DSRP patterns as habits of mental fitness — a practitioner's guide to thinking clearly and adapting under complexity. - [DSRP as Universal Ontology](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/467) — The Structural Foundation of All Systems — Cabrera D, 2025 - [From DSRP Theory to O-Theory](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/473) — The Science of Organization — Cabrera D, Cabrera L, 2025. Generalizes DSRP into O-Theory — organization as the shared structure of mind and reality. - [Oneness](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/480) — Cabrera & Cabrera, 2025. Applies the DSRP framework to contemplative practice — how suffering and confusion arise when our internal mental models fall out of sync with reality. - [The Grammar of Reality](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/499) — The organizing principles of structure and emergence — Cabrera D, Cabrera L, 2025 - [The Pareto Structure of Thought](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/500) — empirical discovery of the six foundational mental moves — Cabrera D, Cabrera L, 2025 - [The Science of Getting on the Same Page](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/503) — The VMCL Field Equation Behind Adaptive Culture — Cabrera D, Cabrera L, 2025. A technical paper on the calculus and dynamics of VMCL - [The structure of thought and reality](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/504) — empirical evidence for the three universal laws linking mind, matter, and meaning — Cabrera D, Cabrera L, 2025. The onto-epistemic bridge — empirical evidence that the same laws organize mind and matter. - [The Unified Calculus of Organization, Structure, Emergence, and Meaning](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/507) — Cabrera D, 2025. The formal calculus at the core of the theory: the six mechanics from which the four patterns and their dynamics are derived. - [Contextual Identity and Cognitive Dark Matter in DSRP-484](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/542) — Cabrera, Derek, 2026. Our reading: this one does something the containment papers do not. Those decompose an existing formalism; this measures a quantity – the gap between the organization a… - [Scale-Free Structure](https://dsrpevidence.org/study/633) — Is Knowledge Just the Recurring Emergence of a Universal Structural Grammar? — Cabrera D, Cabrera L, 2026