Systems Thinking Case Study #27:
Understanding why addictions to gambling, drinking
become a way of life and eventually leading to poverty!
POVERTY TRAP
Is poverty the "real" trap or is it trapping us from seeing the real cause of poverty?
Not learning and working with the different and unique (undiscussable) needs of genders!

    PRINT CAUSAL DIAGRAM ON A2 FOR A CLEARER PRINT

    NOW WE SEE A (SYSTEMIC) STRUCTURE, WITH SYSTEM-WIDE IMPACT OVER TIME AND SPACE, SOME
    THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:

  1. WOULD YOU MAP YOUR STORY OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE SAME WAY OR DIFFERENTLY?  SHARE THIS WITH YOUR TEAM AND
    COLLEAGUES AND AMEND, ADD OR DELETE AS NEEDED TO MAKE IT RELEVANT FOR YOU.  JUST WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE - YOU
    ARE NOT DRIVING TOWARDS AN END THAT YOU DESIRE (MODEL I). YOU ARE MAPPING A REALITY AS THEY ARE ACTUALLY
    HAPPENING (TIP:  USE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS, "When this happens, it leads to that happening next?"  Do not say: "When this
    happens, I / we tend to do this!"  Respect reality).  HAVE FUN!
  2. WHERE DO YOU SEE IS THE LEVERAGE?  I HAVE DELIBERATELY NOT INCLUDED THOSE HERE.  CHECK UP THE ELEVEN LAWS OF
    THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE AND DISCUSS WITH YOUR TEAM TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THAT LEVERAGE FOR ALL OF YOU?  WHAT DID
    KNOWING THE LEVERAGE MEAN FOR YOU?  WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF WE TURNED THIS STRUCTURE AROUND TO BECOME
    A POSITIVE VIRTUOUS LOOP (VISION) FOR YOUR TEAM?  WHAT MIGHT GET IN THE WAY OF MAKING THESE HAPPEN?  WHAT ARE
    WE DOING TODAY TO STRENGTHEN (REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THESE) OR WEAKEN (INCREASE THEIR IMPACT) THIS
    STRUCTURE?
  3. WHAT KEEPS OUR CONVERSATIONS AWAY FROM LOOKING MORE LIKE THESE AND THEREFORE GETTING IN THE WAY OF SEEING
    THESE STRUCTURES MORE EASILY?

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INHERENT SYSTEMIC STRUCTURES:  REINFORCING LOOP