The
words social and issues together create a vivid image, of much havoc and
indecisive hold ups. The planet is engulfed with several social systems trapped
in a never-ending loop of mess and uncertainty.
The efforts to alleviate the suffering get more attention than the
underlying reasons that lead to it. Stakeholders and witnesses associated with
the system are for most part affected and confused, leaving little place, time
as well energy for intervention. With
such a complex scenario, the current state of our social system issues is
obvious.
A
general observation reveals most of the theory being generated to address these
issues is academic or media related. While the intervention side providing monetary,
emotional and physical support has very little to do with these generated
theories of statistical data or sympathetic broadcast. There seems to be a
great void in the organizations that can help understand and suggest feasible
solutions. Thereby, creating a vicious loophole
of cause and effects with sustainable activism struggling to make an
impression. A medium to generate
feasible models, to conceptualize the situation and develop alternatives will
reduce the equation of chaos. Whether
this medium of application arises from within existing institutions or as
separate third party organization is irrelevant.
What
is crucial is how we apply systems thinking to reach valuable conclusions. Such
applications are new in the sphere of social systems and given the redundancy
and huge energy consumption of such efforts, divulging into an applied systems
thinking framework is worth a try.
