8 tenets, define and example for each

1. Interdependence →  how factors(ideas, goals, people, projects) in a relating system all impact each other; pyramid from the bottom up
   1. Ex. 1: a lot of the projects take advantage of the interdependence between people and the “hierarchy” that exists between people
      1. Malnutrition tried to partner with community leaders such as the reverend david because of many people’s interdependence on him and the church
2. Holism → a system that is viewed as it own entity; as a sum of its parts; looking at the pyramid from the top down/seeing the big picture 
   1. Ex. 1: Recycling facility — the public would just see it as something that takes in waste and produces product, forgets that the facility has many parts (machines, workers, managers, etc)
3. Multifinality → Multiple unique outcomes resulting from a single initial product/system (win-win situation for all)
   1. Ex. 1: all teams: fieldwork
4. Equifinality → understanding that a goal can be achieved in a variety of ways/ paths
   1. Ex. 1:  PlasTech Ventures and Cloop used to be part of the same team with the same goals, now they are both trying to reach the same goal but through different approaches.
   2. Safemotherhod and Ukweli — both want to end maternal mortality
5. Differentiation → each part of a system has its own specific function
   1. Ex. 1: Malnutrition team breaking up and assigning roles after week 1 in SL 
      1. Working on specific parts like Manufacturing, Research, Supply Chain, etc. that interact to run the larger system
6. Regulation → assessing the system to make sure that it is achieving goals to take corrective action and hold everyone accountable
   1. Ex. 1:  NewTrition checking in with Translators to make sure our interviewing questions are being conveyed and received correctly.
   2. Weekly team meetings — keep us all on track
7. Abstraction → looking at broad ideas instead of focusing on specific details (zooming out or zooming in)
   1. Ex. 1: Safe Motherhood: trying to inspire grassroot action to work to raise awareness for broader issues through specific mini-stories
8. Leverage Points → understanding that there are small things that can be done to create a large effect; places in a complex system where a small shift can create big changes 
   1. Ex. 1: Recycling Facilities: Gaining a relationship with Vincente Co to open up our network and knowledge
   2. KJ was the leverage point for the malnutrition team to be able to use the bakery
   3. Implementing a fine to give birth at home to encourage people to go to the clinic which saves a lot of people’s lives

 

Emergence is the concept that a system is greater than just the sum of its parts. For example, no individual part of a bird is able to fly, but when all of the parts come together, then the creature as a whole is then able to fly.

An example of emergence in the context of the Global Social Impact Fellowship is the vision of the PlasTech Solutions micro recycling facilities impact on the plastic waste crisis in the Philippines. No single facility that we install will be able to reduce enough plastic to make an impact on the overall amount of plastic waste that is created. However, as more and more facilities are created and begin networking and sharing knowledge with each other, the overall system of micro facilities will be an emergent solution to plastic recycling. The overall effect of all facilities will make a tangible impact on the plastic waste crisis, and elevate the livelihoods of the population that it employs in the process. 

 

Water Hyacinth

• Follow oil fracking ideas → pay local, waterside people of the community a small stipend for access to their areas
• Other community members can be hired to collect and process the hyacinth, income generating solution for the community
• Previous workers of hers now in charge of transportation/distribution for her.

Some Applicable Emergent parts:

1. Interdependence/Holism/Differentiation:  Each process now depends on the process before it, and the more successful each step is the more the greater system thrives
2. Regulation:  Paid on commission, so how much hyacinth they bring in instead of a salary day to day, forming accountability
3. Leverage Points:  Advertise how workers are helping community and fishermen to create more sales
4. Accountability: not paying everyone because that would be impossible
5. Multifinality:  Community is reaching its goals and so is the entrepreneur