The social institutions we have today are largely inadequate for solving our problems. Rather than focusing in problem solving, I would like to recommend we shift our focus to problem setting - the way in which we go about determining what the issues are and how to explore what the solutions should be.

Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of micro-credit lending to assist the poor and stimulate local economies, discusses the supporting institutions necessary to promote social values in our business ventures. Check out this short video to get a sense:

He does more than simply profess a solution to the problem, opting instead to consider the systems we operate in now and urging us not to take this “status quo” for granted when we look for solutions.

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