Applied Systems thinking for social management issues

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...

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The stateless citizens of our Global Systems

How far away from truth is the concept of Globalization. Surrounded by high technical gadgets and speedy internet services, a large part of the connected community believes firmly in the fascinating inter-connectedness of the global community. For numerous reasons, we are steered into this type of blind black box thinking....

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Can the future of humanitarian response be sans technology?

The number of refugees is on the rise. The need for humanitarian efforts is increasing. Be it human or natural disasters, the world is facing a gripping statistic of individuals who have been forced to live in destitute conditions. While the efforts have become more strategic, the rate at which aid is needed is multiplying by the...

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Engineering solutions for Social Systems

What good is funding in the 21st century? Social service, humanitarian work, public good, aid, relief, support add to it a dash of NGOs. Resting upon the threshold of donations and funds, the immediate as well as long term projects are usually if not always taken care by non profits.  That is how it has always been,...

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Active Intellectualism spooled with generosity

As the sun struggled to bring warmth into the cold winter morning, my mind raced to contemplate the idea of Active Intellectualism. My mentor gave me quite a many totes for thought, but today it was a gigantic word. Being the highly educated, widely traveled inspiration that he was, I wanted to make sure...

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Design Thinking rooting for Engineering principles

Design Thinking has a deep correlation towards Systems Thinking. The concept of design thinking lays much emphasis on the design of existing problems. In an iterative manner, which is for most part user centric, a mindset for innovation is created. The strength of this process relies mainly on diversity and the powerful creativity...

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Hackathons; A direct application of Systems Thinking Principles

After a gripping 2 days of non-stop foreign aid open data discussions, software development and unlimited coffee, ground work at IATI (International Aid Transparency Initiative), IDRC and DFATD seemed to make a lot more sense. By the end, all those involved in the hackathon had a fair insight into the challenges faced by Canada’s foreign...

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