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Hunger, Overweight & Food Insecurity
Robin A. Orr, Ph.D.University of Illinois ExtensionFood Science & Human Nutrition
Systems thinking
Effective systems thinking is required for leading in today’s world
We can use systems processes to address the issues of hunger, food insecurity and overweight/obesity
Start by drawing a picture of the organization of which you are a part
We often think of organizations
In terms of silos
Did anyone draw a map?
Did anyone draw communication or relationships between entities on their chart?
Systems thinking important
Think in terms of:ProcessesMapsRelationshipsBe a systems thinker
What systems allows you to do
When something goes wrong – hunger, food insecurity, overweight/obesity
Must look at the larger world
The larger system of which it is a part
Parts of a system
InputsEvery element affects whole behavior
ThroughputsParts are interdependent
OutputsEvery element affects whole behavior
FeedbackParts are interdependent
World of systems
Cannot control ManeuverSeek informationBecome aware of our assumptionsStay open to multiple perspectives
Assumptions about Hunger
Put on flip chart
Assumptions about Food Insecurity
Put on flip chart
Assumptions about overweight and obesity
Put on flip chart
Question Assumptions
WhyWhyWhyWhyWhy5 Whys
“The mere formulation of a problem is often far more essential than its solution. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination….”
Albert Einstein
Systems solving model
Identify the opportunity or challengeIdentify potential issuesPrioritize issuesIdentify strategies to address each
prioritized issueDevelop Action Plans for key issues
What we won’t get
Single solution
Right answer
Most problems do not have one right answer
Our challenge
To devise plans for addressing issues of hunger, food insecurity and overweight/obesity
Do we agree on this?
Okay – let’s go
Write one issue on a post-it note
Get a partner – share, combine, eliminate issues
Get with another pair, repeat
Put all post-its on the wall
Are all the key issues identified
What are we missing
What do we not know that we need to know to move forward?
How are we going to decide?
Decision-making processes
Democratic – vote and a percentage agrees
Consensus – all can support decision and agree to implement within their roles
Modified consensus – decision reached when 80% can support and implement
Which do you want to do?
Prioritize
Based on importance of stakeholdersBased on the ease or complexity of
resolving the issueBased on the political environmentBased on resources
VOTE
N/3
Key strategies
How do we approach each of the prioritized issues?
Action Plan
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Accountability
How will we measure our successesAs a communityAs a regionAs a stateAs a nation
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