Sustainability A way of life!

What is systemic thinking and why is it so important? Since many centuries it has been practice to understand various things by deconstructing them and breaking apart different components into smaller pieces or parts. We analyse things and try to solve it. Analytical skills have been very important in our society and well recognised. Systemic thinking does not only allow thinking analytically but it also requires thinking holistically by understanding the problem through its complexities. Systemic thinking requires brain to make connection of one problem to another or the effect of one problem to another and encourages to approach in such a way that it does not only solve the problem but also avoids any unforeseen issues through different connections. It offers a better way to manage critical situations and improves the way we think in this 21 st century. In many organisations, governments and businesses we hear shared leadership, integrative approach or holistic thinking; these are...

There are many stakeholders in Bollywood such as producers, directors, writers, singers, actors, actresses and many others. Huge amount of contractual and material transactions that happens daily in Bollywood industry and the producers are making big bucks from movies releases and so on. How can we bring them to take the ownership of CSR? How can we bring them to support community at large in India? How can we bring them at the forefront to support the issues such as poverty reduction, education for poor, women empowerment, environmental degradation, sustainable cities and climate change? Can they make more movies focusing on these areas to educate people in and out of India? Can they organise regular event around India to support such activities? Or can they set up a board or an "NGO - Bollywood" where every member contributes certain amount and the funds are utilised towards addressing those pressing issues? Much more needs to be done. Certainly there is a room for this...