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= Learning Guide =
= Learning Guide =
OnTrackNorthAmerica teaches a level of thinking, planning, and investing on the scale of whole systems. Individual projects and companies benefit more as players in an interconnected system than they do alone. We have termed this approach to the challenges, opportunities, and strategies needed to create real change for the betterment of the economy and the environment "Civilization Engineering". We invite you to learn and contribute to this productive collaboration. As you read, please share your insights and questions via the Contact Us button on the bottom of every page and menu bar. Once you have registered as a Member, you can initiate threads via the Discussion tab at the top of each page.  
OnTrackNorthAmerica teaches a level of thinking, planning, and investing now needed to reconceive individual projects and companies as coherent elements of efficient industrial systems. We call this expanded design frame “Civilization Engineering.” Thousands have contributed to the understandings, principles, methodologies, and tools we introduce here. We invite you to learn and contribute. As you read, please share your insights and questions via the Contact Us button on the bottom of every page and menu bar. Once you have registered as a Member, you can initiate threads via the Discussion tab at the top of each page.  


Read more on [[Participation Options]]
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#[[Principles|Promise, Ethics, and Principles]]
#[[Principles|Promise, Ethics, and Principles]]


Reading the [[VitalRail|VitalRail Hub]] and [[VitalRail/About|About VitalRail]] for folks interested in how the rail industry will contribute to sustainable economic prosperity is a 5-30 minute learning opportunity, depending on where you end your reading.  
The [[VitalRail|VitalRail Hub]] and [[VitalRail/About|About VitalRail]] pages will give you an understanding of how the rail industry will contribute to sustainable economic prosperity.  It is a 5-30 minute read, depending on where you end your reading.  


Upon reading one or more essays, let us know if you would like to have your endorsement quote listed publicly.
If you align with the ideas we share in one or more essays, you can submit an endorsement quote for public or private attribution.

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Learning Guide

OnTrackNorthAmerica teaches a level of thinking, planning, and investing now needed to reconceive individual projects and companies as coherent elements of efficient industrial systems. We call this expanded design frame “Civilization Engineering.” Thousands have contributed to the understandings, principles, methodologies, and tools we introduce here. We invite you to learn and contribute. As you read, please share your insights and questions via the Contact Us button on the bottom of every page and menu bar. Once you have registered as a Member, you can initiate threads via the Discussion tab at the top of each page.

Read more on Participation Options

Reading all the essays in this curriculum will take about an hour. (Understandings, Principles, and Methodologies)

To begin with a 12-minute reading session, we suggest:

  1. Collaboration Will Take Us Where Competition Can’t
  2. Collaborative Industrial Optimization
  3. Promise, Ethics, and Principles

The VitalRail Hub and About VitalRail pages will give you an understanding of how the rail industry will contribute to sustainable economic prosperity.  It is a 5-30 minute read, depending on where you end your reading.

If you align with the ideas we share in one or more essays, you can submit an endorsement quote for public or private attribution.