Most Recent Case-Studies:
#21: Global Warming: How come Global Warming has been resistant to sustained changes despite multi-prong
approaches to tackle it (including the scare or fear factors!)? - Dec 2006
#22: Rich-poor Divide in Singapore: How come every time Singapore gains on its economy, the question of the
rich-poor divide never fails to rear its head? - Jan 2007
#23: Worsening Cambodia-Vietnam relations: How come the worsening relations are resistant to changes? - Feb
2007 [Pending more data]
#24: Rising numbers of disasters happening in Indonesia - March 2007
#25: Bringing a Nation Together - Key Success Loops - June, Aug, Nov 2007, April 2008-
#26: Understanding why there is never enough manpower & ways we may do more with less ... eventually - July
2007
#27: Understanding why addictions to gambling, drinking become a way of life and eventually leads to poverty! -
Sep 2007
#28: Understanding why Unlicensed Moneylenders (UMLs) stand tall among the oldest professionals on earth -
that the harder we push them away the harder they spring back! - Jan 2008
Most Visited Case Studies:
#10: How come indigenous cultures is able to preserve their heritage despite the onslaughts of globalization [A
study using Bali] - May 2006
#1: How come hand-phone thefts, thefts from vehicle and shoplifting are on the rise despite efforts to control
and prevent them? - Jan 2006
#6: How come cases of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (HFMD) continue to rise despite efforts to control and prevent
them? - Mar 2006
By category:
PEOPLE
#5: How come despite efforts to curb extramarital sexual activities (through AIDS campaigns, practice of religions,
etc.) is child sex prostitution in the region proliferating? - Mar 2006
#27: Understanding why addictions to gambling, drinking become a way of life and eventually leading to poverty!
ENVIRONMENT
#17: How come dengue fever cases keep coming back despite education and awareness efforts? - July 2006
#21: Global Warming; How come Global Warming has been resistant to sustained changes despite multi-prong
approaches to tackle it (including the scare or fear factors!)? - Dec 2006
#24: Rising numbers of disasters happening in Indonesia
ECONOMY
#16: Impact of Globalization on Localization - June 2006
#22: Rich-poor Divide in Singapore: How come every time Singapore gains on its economy, the question of the
rich-poor divide never fails to rear its head? - Jan 2007
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
#2: How come there is so much dependence on the government yet it feels like despite helping the people,
nothing is really moving? - Sep 2005
#9: How come efforts to increase of our salary levels do not lead to commensurate increases in standards of living
and/or help create a perception we have arrived? - Apr-May 2006
#25: Bringing a Nation Together - Key Success Loops
CULTURE
#10: How come indigenous cultures preserve their heritage despite the onslaughts of globalization [A study using
Bali] - May 2006
#23: Worsening Cambodia-Vietnam relations: How come the worsening relations are resistant to changes? - Feb
2007
EDUCATION
#8: How come students in schools continue to be defiant despite efforts to instil self-discipline? - Mar 2006
TRANSPORT
#14: Traffic congestion on the roads despite controls - June 2006
#19: How come traffic accidents continue to rise (it is not showing sustained signs of decline), despite strict
enforcement? - Aug 2006
HEALTH
#6: How come cases of Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (HFMD) continue to rise despite efforts to control and prevent
them? - Mar 2006
#15: Why is HIV/AIDs on the rise despite efforts to control it at several levels - June 2006
CRIME AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
#1: How come hand-phone thefts, thefts from vehicle and shoplifting are on the rise despite efforts to control
and prevent them? - Jan 2006
#11: The struggle of the debt collectors - May 2006
#18: How come corruption has been resistant to change despite efforts to bring corruptors to justice? - Jul 2006
#28: Understanding why Unlicensed Moneylenders (UMLs) stand tall among the oldest professionals on earth -
that the harder we push them away the harder they spring back! - Jan 2008
AT THE WORKPLACE
#3: How come training and its efforts continue to be deemed as ineffective or irrelevant despite efforts to 'pull up
their socks' and/or 'to do a more efficient job'? - Feb 2006
#4: How come despite efforts to coordinate work processes across teams, workload and work pressures
continues to increase ? - Mar 2006
#7: How come sustainability (profitability and growth) of the organizations contain to elude us despite efforts to
improve focus and performance? - Mar 2006
#12: The structure that holds back Learning Organizations - Understanding the challenges of leading in the face
of management - May 2006
#13: Work-life imbalance - May 2006 [Work of the Practitioners' Practice Sessions]
#20: How come learning and development at the workplace is difficult to happen despite efforts to create
"Learning Organizations" - Nov 2006
#26: Understanding why there is never enough manpower & ways we may do more with less ... eventually.
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These case-studies were developed at the LOPN Core Competency Workshop sessions by participants or in
response to 'making sense of the hot topic' of the day (and we have sufficient information), happening just about
anywhere in the world.
If these help you to make better sense of the experience of your own reality we are most happy. If you are
interested to have us look at a case you are working on, or if you have a query, do feel free to drop us a note
here: info@lopn.net.
Download Vensim here - a free software to help you draw causal loops easily.
response to 'making sense of the hot topic' of the day (and we have sufficient information), happening just about
anywhere in the world.
If these help you to make better sense of the experience of your own reality we are most happy. If you are
interested to have us look at a case you are working on, or if you have a query, do feel free to drop us a note
here: info@lopn.net.
Download Vensim here - a free software to help you draw causal loops easily.
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| The inspiration for this page, and the work that is happening here is shaped by our hope over time to see sectors across the country find "the language" and the ease with which to come together and work jointly on deep-seated (persistent and resistant problems e.g. HAZE) issues in a sustained way. Much of Peter's thinking for the need of these five disciplines is also personified in this work that is happening around him: http://www.solsustainability.org/index.htm |
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