🔷 Why Systems Thinking?
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| The iceberg model |
Systems thinking is important because it helps us understand the underlying complexity of a problem or situation by looking beyond the visible or superficial elements, like how an iceberg has a hidden, larger portion underwater that impacts the visible tip. By identifying and analyzing the interconnected parts of a system, we can better grasp the root causes of issues and create more effective solutions.
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UNESCO Sustainable
Development Goals
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| UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals |
1. No
Poverty
End
poverty in all forms everywhere.
2. Zero
Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition,
and promote sustainable
agriculture.
3. Good
Health and Well-being
Ensure
healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
4. Quality
Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong
learning
opportunities for all.
5. Gender
Equality
Achieve
gender equality and empower all women and girls.
6. Clean
Water and Sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and
sanitation for all.
7. Affordable
and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern
energy for all.
8. Decent
Work and Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth,
full and productive
employment, and decent work for all.
9. Industry,
Innovation and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable
industrialization,
and foster innovation.
10.
Reduced
Inequalities
Reduce
inequality within and among countries.
11.
Sustainable
Cities and Communities
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable.
12.
Responsible
Consumption and Production
Ensure
sustainable consumption and production patterns.
13.
Climate
Action
Take
urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
14.
Life
Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine
resources for sustainable
development.
15.
Life
on Land
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification,
and halt and reverse land degradation
and biodiversity loss.
16. Peace,
Justice and Strong Institutions
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies, provide access
to justice for all, and build effective, accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels.
17.
Partnerships
for the Goals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize
the global partnership for
sustainable development.
👉 What are complex problems?
🔷 Characteristics of a complex problem
When thinking about the
complexity of a problem, consider the following attributes:
1.
Definability
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Complicated problems
are easy to define, complex problems are not
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Existence of unknown
unknowns
2.
Reducibility
·
Complicated problems
can be broken down into parts, but complex problems cannot
3.
Predictability
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The outcome of a
complicated problem can be predicted, but not in the case with complex problems
4.
Solvability
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Complicated problems
can by solved, complex problems can only be addressed
👉 How to solve problems?
How we think determines how we see the
world around us. It also determines our course of action. There are two
different ways of thinking, linear and non-linear
▪️ Linear thinking
Linear thinking
involves analyzing information step by step and using a cause-and-effect
approach to arrive at a conclusion. We can get solve a mathematical problem as
a example of linear thinking.
▪️ Non-linear thinking
Non-linear thinking
involves making connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, leading to
creative and innovative solutions. Creative inventions using different
machines can be taken as an example of non-linear thinking.
