{"product_id":"systems-thinking-for-social-change-a-practical-guide-to-solving-complex-problems-avoiding-unintended-consequences-and-achieving-lasting-results-9781603585804","title":"Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results","description":"\u003cp\u003eDonors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed. Moreover, the answers they propose and fund often produce the opposite of what they want over time. We end up with temporary shelters that increase homelessness, drug busts that increase drug-related crime, or food aid that increases starvation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How do these unintended consequences come about and how can we avoid them? By applying conventional thinking to complex social problems, we often perpetuate the very problems we try so hard to solve, but it is possible to think differently, and get different results.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eSystems Thinking for Social Change\u003c\/em\u003e enables readers to contribute more effectively to society by helping them understand what systems thinking is and why it is so important in their work. It also gives concrete guidance on how to incorporate systems thinking in problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning without becoming a technical expert.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Systems thinking leader David Stroh walks readers through techniques he has used to help people improve their efforts to end homelessness, improve public health, strengthen education, design a system for early childhood development, protect child welfare, develop rural economies, facilitate the reentry of formerly incarcerated people into society, resolve identity-based conflicts, and more. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The result is a highly readable, effective guide to understanding systems and using that knowledge to get the results you want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelsea Green Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603585804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Peter Stroh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661539733660,"sku":"9781603585804","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f41be1be-f043-49fa-9b79-662edc5a044f.jpg?v=1603899693","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/systems-thinking-for-social-change-a-practical-guide-to-solving-complex-problems-avoiding-unintended-consequences-and-achieving-lasting-results-9781603585804","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}