Systems-focused solutions; systemic thinking; systems change
Systemic thinking and solutions refer to ways of thinking and working that have potential to solve a chronic or long-term issue that is experienced by a whole community or population.
It’s about getting to the root cause of the issue by thinking about it as if it were a system or machine – looking at all the moving parts and finding the key ones that need be improved in order to make things work better.
In communities, systemic thinking means looking at what isn’t working well for people and what the causes of this might be; as well as looking at what does work well for people and therefore what the solutions could be.
IN SIMPLE TERMS
Systems thinking is about getting to the roots of what is not working in your community – and what is – to understand what causes problems and to find solutions.