October Mini-Retreat Beyond Design: A Systems Approach with Victor Udoewa

If you want to know how to choose and implement the most effective and useful intervention to solve a social ill in your community, a systems approach is required. We will introduce you to a robust systems practice. You’ll learn about how we first gain clarity about a particular system and then map it. The session will focus on the next step after mapping: we analyze the map to determine the highest-impact leverage points in the system so we can act strategically and unlock positive change within the system. This will allow you to address the actual underlying, root, systemic causes of the problems you are facing. We will then talk briefly about what happens after the analysis and action. Once you have performed some intervention you will continue to adapt and learn, remapping the system as it changes in response to your actions as well as the actions of everyone in the system.