‘For
every complex problem
there’s a simple solution……
……and
its wrong!’
Essential to successful
intervention is a complete awareness of the situation. Systems theory
is useful to map the situation and help predict consequences. One
obvious consequence of any intervention is the classic scenario of
'Shifting the Burden to the Intervener'. Here (below) the intervention
attempts to ameliorate obvious problem symptoms, and does so so successfully
that the people within the system never learn how to deal with the
problems themselves.
