Understanding What Persists — And Why It Does Not Change
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This work is for those dealing with persistent national and regional issues—problems that do not yield to policy, funding, or reform cycles. If a problem can be solved with better management, tools, or coordination, this work is not required. If it keeps returning, despite effort, investment, and intent—then the structure behind it must be understood.
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This work is grounded in The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge, but extends beyond its common application. It does not stop at tools, facilitation, or organisational learning exercises. It works at the level of system structure, reinforcing loops, and the conditions that sustain outcomes over time.
What This Work Is
- This work is grounded in The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge, but extends beyond its common application.
- It does not stop at tools, facilitation, or organisational learning exercises.
- It works at the level of system structure, reinforcing loops, and the conditions that sustain outcomes over time.
What This Work Is Not
- ▪ A performance management system
- ▪ A leadership training programme alone
- ▪ A policy advisory model based on recommendations
- This work is often mistaken for these. That is where most efforts fail.
“When the structure behind persistence is understood, what is undesired begins to recede, and what is desired begins to emerge naturally—not through control, but through structure itself creating the result.”
Sheila Damodaran
MD, Systems Thinking Research & Leadership Development Institute
Gaborone, Botswana
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