PROBLEMS OF TODAYNEED ANSWERS OF TOMORROW

DI Kambiz POOSTCHI

kambiz@poostchi.com

Every culture came to an endwhen it tried to solve the questions of

todaywith answers from yesterday

- Arnold J. Toynbee -

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Which are the problems of today needing an answer

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warshipter

rorism

contamination of the air

global warmingloss of values

unemployment breakup of family s

tructures

brutal force

abuse

political sullenness

economic crisis

waste of energy

civil wars

revolutions

breeded lethargy

loss of trust

poverty

starvation

streems of refugees

genocidereligious persecution

social entropy

overfishing of the oceans

earthquake

atomic catastrophy volcanic eruption

tsunamis

moral declinehopelessness

discrimination

addiction

crime

dictatorship

cult of individualism

rural migration

bankruptcy encumbrance

ideological materialism

religious wars

fanatisism

divorse

injustice

corruption

isolationatomization of the world

The problems of our world are systemic in nature.

They cannot be solved by piece-meal-thinking

and fragmented actions.

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„Should the world be different, we have to be different.“

Mahatma Gandhi(1869 – 1948)

The condition of the worldreflects the condition of our mindset ...

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The time has comefor a shift

in our mindset

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Signs of the Day

„Today‘s crisis is the symptom of a fundamental change, it is the travail of a new world. Such a change possibly has never before occured in history.“

Fredmund F. Malik Handelsblatt, 13. Juli 2009

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Fragmentation of thinking and action

Search for solutions onthe level of the problems

There are two traps of thinking to be avoided ...

Problems can never be solved by the same way of thinking by which they have been caused

it needs a change of level

Man has the duty to work against the atomization of the individuals and the fighting of all against all and by this taking part in the unification of the world.

Teilhard de Chardin, 1881 – 1955french Jesuit, Philosopher, Antropologist and

Paläontologist

Albert Einstein, 1879 – 1955

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This in fact is also true with our present problems. They cannot be overcome by the same way of mindset.

And yet we exactly try this:

We fight terrorism, poverty, crime, conflicts of cultures, invironmental problems and deseases by the same way of thinking, the same strategies and methods, by which they originally came into being. And by this we stick to the symptoms instead of curing the real cause.

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The individualism und the egotism, as we witness them today, have to be considered as a neuro-biological dysplasia ... Individuals can only live for a short time at the expences of others. But the goal is not a short-term advantage but success in the long term .

Men cannot continue living in a way, as if we were not sitting in the same boat. We do not own an individual planet for each one of us. We are much more connected in the depth than we are ready to accept.

Dr. Gerald Hüther, German Neurobiologist

Self-centredness – a dysplasia

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Systems Thinking

levels of higher order +

System 1. ordernetwork-thinking

System 2. orderholistic thinking

System 3. ordermultilevel-thinking

fragmentedthinkinganalytical

heaps network Holon Open SystemO ≤ ΣP O =ΣP O ≥ ΣP O >> ΣP

EGO vs EGOself-interest

ME + YOUcooperation

WEcommunity

METAUnity in diversity

everything is connectedwith everthing

focus onthe individual

The whole is more thanthe sum of the parts

Every system finds its purposeand identity by the alignment towards

the embracing whole

RED ECONOMY GREEN ECONOMY BLUE ECONOMY WHITE ECONOMY

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OS-Mission statement

• Systemic Social Business• Systemic Social Entrepreneurs• Corporate Social Responsibility

Alignment towards the higher social needs and responsibility

NOT: Orientation to products and profit maximation

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needs in higher system

systemicleadership

highersystem-level

mission = mandatepurposevision

corporate identity (CSI)

OUTPUT

corporate values

CUSTOMER

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1 Alignment of system towards the higher system-level, measure of syntropy (neg-entropy) mission, purpose, vision

2 System-de!nition, corporate identity sense of belonging and commitment of subsystems

3 quality and productivity of subsystems, systemic maturity, diversity, complementarity

4 complexity of the interconnectedness, functional network, interrelations, interdependency

5 contributions of the system to the welfare of the whole, function, quality of service, exchange cycle

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2 3

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Autopoiesis

Morphogenesis

Homeostasis

InformationEnergyForm

Structure + Culture

Output-Input-Cycle

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higherSystem-level

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dele

gatio

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info

rmat

ion

trustcompetence

cultivationof openness

level ofleadership + governance

level ofmiddle management

level ofsta! members

Systemic areas of responsibility in corporations

operates within the systemresponsibility for the daily work

e"ciency (HOW)quality of implementation

problem solutioncontinuity

urgent

a!ects the course of the systemresonsibility for the future

e!ectivity (WHAT)quality of vision

search for chancesinnovationimportant

Management Leadership

übergeordnetesSystem

übergeordnetesSystem

Closed Systemin state of entropy

Open System

balancedenergy budget

parasiticenergy budget

• self-centredness• predatory competition (state of deficiency)• cancerous rampant growth at other‘s expences• harmful to the higher system• CSR as expression of image-ethics

• supports social invironment• cooperation (state of abundance)• organic growth in harmony with invironment• responsibility for the wellbeing of the whole• CSR = part of system‘s identity

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Process of systemic maturation

Dependency

Interdependency

Independency

conscious decisionfor responsibility

development ofsystemic competency

process ofdecomposition

process ofcomposition

central responsibility for thewellbeing of the whole,

hierarchy + loyality as the basisfor security and order

coherence by self-interestfor common resources,competition and !ght

for the „cake“

common responsibility forthe welfare of the whole,

spirit of unity + cooperationas basis for security and order

Stencil-view for the project Output-orientation Fokus on individuals One-dimensional pressure to perform

Systems-view with responsibility for the whole Meaning Identitity Synergetic potentials

higher system-level

human being

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OPEN SYSTEM Model®Systemic Core-principles

Gra!k OSM º Kambiz Poostchi

justice, moderation, decision, resonsability, initiative

human dignityequalitypurposeidentity

trustesteem

unity

learning + investigationknowledgeinformation

re"ection + wisdomtruthfulness + honesty

transparencyinnovation

WILL

Principle ofOrder

Principle ofA!liation

Principle ofAwareness

LOVE RECOGNITION

INTERRELATION

INTERRELATION

INTERRELATION

the wellbeing of the parts depend on the welfare of the wholesystem-functions depending on needs of the higher system

leadership has to lead (responsibility for the whole)performance has to be acknowledged

balance between giving and taking

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De!ciency and Abundance

systemicbasic needs

attitude ofabundance

attitude ofde!ciency

realized unrealized

egotismgreed + avarice

distrustabasement

justicegenerositycon!dence

esteem

ORDER

AFFILIATION AWARENESS

„Such economic systems will be strongly altruistic and cooperative in nature; they will provide meaningful employment and will help to eradicate poverty in the world.“

„The ultimate function of economic systems should be to equip the peoples and institutions of the world with the means to achieve the real purpose of development: that is, the cultivation of the limitless potentialities latent in human consciousness.“

Bahá‘í International Community: „Valuing Spirituality in Development”, February 1998

Economic System

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„Economic activity that does not contribute to human development and welfare, is not worth doing, regardless of the fact how much profit it yields a in short time.“

Mihály Csikszentmihályi

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homo s

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homo sociologicus /

zoon politikon

homo spiritualis

The hierarchy of system identities

spiritual system

social system

mental-emotional system

physical system

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„Ultimately, the creation of a peaceful and just global civilization, in which the diverse peoples of the world live in harmony with one another and with the natural world, will require a significant reorientation of individual and collective goals and a profound transformation in attitudes and behaviors.“„Such far-reaching changes will come about only by addressing the non-material dimension of reality and drawing on humanity's vast spiritual resources.“

Bahá‘í International Community:„Sustainable Development: the Spiritual Dimension“, Statement to the First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, May 2001

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As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science

and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke

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