Problem
Global complexity as a hindrance to leadership
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Simplistic application of globalityShallow effectiveness within global context
Nature:
Understanding of what is required to function effectively as a global society is reduced. Generally it is believed that only super humans can do social change. The crisis in systems of authority is creating leadership incapable of dealing with highly complex issues and of leading on behalf of the whole society. Government modes of operation seeks to gratify only immediate individual desires. Incidence:
The scale of the modern nation-state has become so large that leaders are unable to act according to the principles of interdependence, even if they wished to. Decisions are instead made according to economic principles - in the name of "progress" - often disregarding the implications for individual members of the society and for the rest of the living world. Broader Problems:
Limited decision-making contextLoss of international leadershipComplex interrelationship of world problemsFailure to conceptualize large-scale problems Narrower Problems:
Inflexible leadershipNarrow context for counselInflexible central governmentLeadership as symbolic of wealthExclusion of the masses from setting criteria in judicial judgements Related Problems:
OversimplificationUndemocratic policy-makingExclusion of opposing viewsOveremphasis on individual rightsComplexity of monetarized economiesBreakdown in community security systemsDomination of government policy-making by short-term considerations Aggravates:
Lack of political willParochial leadership postureIneffective global leadershipInstability of complex societyPsychological stress of environmental decline Strategies:
Analysing organized complexityDeepening effectiveness within global contextDeepening application of globalitySimplifying global complexityHindering leadershipManaging global complexity Subject(s):
Action → Application??Societal Problems → Impediments??
Cybernetics → Cybernetics ??
International Relations → Planetary initiatives??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
08.09.2019 – 07:10 CEST