Post by garyriccio on May 22, 2020 1:07:04 GMT
In this blog post in OECD Development Matters by luminaries from the Boston Consulting Group is part of a series on tackling COVID-19 in developing countries.
From the post:
The concept of Smart Simplicity, applying principles of sociology to solving complex organisational problems in business and beyond, can play this role by analysing inaction from two angles. First, the systemic lens – stemming from Thomas Schelling’s work – assesses how individual behaviours combine to produce collective outcomes that cannot directly be traced back to individual motives. Second, the strategic lens, legacy of Herbert Simon’s “bounded rationality”, analyses individual behaviours within the context of problems they try to solve, with resources to mobilise and constraints to cope with.
Today, we are stuck in a systemic vicious circle: current behaviours are negatively influencing each other while driving negative overall impact on climate change.
From the post:
The concept of Smart Simplicity, applying principles of sociology to solving complex organisational problems in business and beyond, can play this role by analysing inaction from two angles. First, the systemic lens – stemming from Thomas Schelling’s work – assesses how individual behaviours combine to produce collective outcomes that cannot directly be traced back to individual motives. Second, the strategic lens, legacy of Herbert Simon’s “bounded rationality”, analyses individual behaviours within the context of problems they try to solve, with resources to mobilise and constraints to cope with.
Today, we are stuck in a systemic vicious circle: current behaviours are negatively influencing each other while driving negative overall impact on climate change.