I'm a retired software engineer and have learned a little about projects and management and the way people work. I'd like to advance the spread of and practice of systems thinking with regard to economics and with regard to the larger ecology in general. When I first read Doughnut Economics, my reaction was that the ideas were transformational but I don't see many expressions of their application and their impact. Since my grandchildren will inherit this mess, I'd like to help generate solutions.
When I learned systems analysis and systems design there were quite a few tools that helped developers to break down systems into sub-components to enable teams to collaborate effectively on generating solutions. I see the beginnings of such things within the Doughnut Economics Action Lab. I would like to see more and I would like to see more collaboration with IT education within the United States. I believe that (unfortunately) academia in the U.S. is a key driving force for change and your ideas appear to be under-represented here.
I'd like to see a clearing house (list of projects) developed which could serve as a focal point for recruiting mentors and sharing expertise on how to move project planners to adopt the concepts and insights of Doughnut Economics. I suspect that the spread of Doughnut Economics would be propagated more rapidly if it were to become embedded in the methodologies taught in the process of IT education. I'm not sure how to sell this idea but I think it is worth reflecting on. I think the open-source coding community would be a natural ally. There are certainly some very successful open-source projects to think about collaborating with. Many tech practitioners work for the satisfaction of the communities that their products serve and not just for the financial reward. This is a feeling I have had for more than 5 decades of the work I have done. I think you need to try different approaches to tap into that energy.
