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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Are we plotting a narrowly perceived STEM belief?

Are we plotting a narrowly perceived STEM belief? Not too long ago we learnt about Statistics Canada’s report on the 2011 National Household Survey highlighting STEM Education and the contrasting interest within the various folds of the country’s demography. The hype around getting Canada more active in the area of science, technology,...

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Systems Thinking for Academic Mobility

We have come a long way in structuring and customizing educational curriculum to benefit students at large. While there can never be a one size fits all formula for academic success, there have been quite a many methodologies that have tried to make it easier on the young minds. By venturing into the field of Systems Thinking, one...

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Airport Systems

There is always a degree of fascination surrounding the services offered at an Airport. The discipline in the uniforms and the chaos of the moving crowd, together result in quite a complex system. Yet, each entity functions periodically following quite the standard norm with varying levels of amplitude depending on time of the...

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Why S.y.s.t.e.m.s worth a think?

Content is everywhere. Generating content from mid air has become the norm. The question still remains, as to what we are accomplishing with tons of content. Depending on the perspective, our need and utilisation of content varies. A researcher would fetch a different genre when compared to a marketing analyst. An operations manager...

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