Reference #385: Thinking in Systems

To avoid the trip of shifting the burden to the intervenor, be vigilant for policies or practices that relive symptoms, or inhibit signals, without addressing the underlying problem. Focus not on short-term relief but on what long-term changes would improve the system.

If you are the intervenor, intervene in such a way that you strength the ability of the systems to maintain their own state. Then remove yourself as soon as possible.

Meadows. Thinking in Systems, 2008. (134-135)

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