Meg Wheately asked "How do we take a system as a whole and approach change
that way?"
I have been relating the issues on this thread to Hilary Clinton's attempt
to change the whole health care system. Many of us have expressed that we
feel this approach to be daunting at best. Others have advocated analysis
as a prelude to synthesis. Michael McMaster suggests that we change
ourselves first.
I am a firm believer in Michael's idea and am currently working on
changing my beliefs and behaviors regarding health and health care,
learning how to build my immune system and care for my mind, body and
spirit so that I can avoid the health care system as much as possible.
I would also suggest that when approaching whole systems change, we try to
suspend analysis, postpone study of the parts, as long as possible so that
we can stretch our capacity to see and understand whole systems.
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