Category: System Analysis

  • Beyond the Band-Aid: Solving Systems at the Root

    Beyond the Band-Aid: Solving Systems at the Root

    Why do some of our best efforts to fix big problems—like urban food deserts or climate change—barely move the needle? Usually, it’s because we are pulling on ‘low-leverage’ strings. To truly solve a systemic problem, we have to look past the surface-level constants and find the ‘leverage points’ that govern the system’s goals and paradigms. Read more