Systems Thinking for Social Change - Stroh David Peter
Systems Thinking for Social Change - Stroh David Peter Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions.…
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Systems Thinking for Social Change - Stroh David Peter
Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. Moreover, the answers they propose and fund often produce the opposite of what they want over time. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed.
By applying conventional thinking to complex social problems, we often perpetuate the very problems we try so hard to solve, but it is possible to think differently, and get different results.Systems Thinking for Social Change enables readers to contribute more effectively to society by helping them We end up with temporary shelters that increase homelessness, drug busts that increase drug-related crime, or food aid that increases starvation.How do these unintended consequences come about and how can we avoid them?