Monday, March 30, 2009

Problem Solving - Innovation - Creative Thinking

I heard on the radio at the weekend that Barak Obama, newly selected President of America is sending 4000 troops to Afghanistan as an outcome of the G20 Chile Summit.

Now this summit is an important one, and I read this morning that the trillions requested by the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown in conjunction with Barak Obama of America - it's not happening.

Therefore, it seems to me that the world problems are not going to be resolved by money.

I was thinking of Afghanistan and the UK and the problem is "drugs trafficking". I also bought a young member of my family an environmental book as a birthday gift.

Fields of poppy could be replaced by fields of biofuels. This would be attractive to the UK and America who are stretched concerning palm olive plantations as biofuel.

Therefore, to problem solve Afghanistan why not have a conference over in Afghanistan and invite the Tribal leaders to discuss a change in crop, provide crop management and assistance, soil assistance, and discuss an outcome of "switching" to attract infrastructure projects that the people of Afghanistan consider necessary. This would possibly provide a reciprocal and mutual benefit to global issues and release valuable resources to other more improved and beneficial requirements in society. Intelligence issues would mean a lessening of any threat levels and need for terrorist activities - axis of evil etc. Ie, if the poppies are not grown, there are no need for illegal distribution pathways, that releases policing agencies to other measures, it releases hospital and prisons and society from picking up the problems caused by drug trafficking. As you can see the chain reaction by discussing crops to something that the global world needs would mean legitimate distribution agreements, globalisation and environmental and societal concerns being raised, etc. For Afghanistan switching crop would enable them to gain employability through environmental participation attractive to international markets, that would therefore assist their infrastructure needs and make them attractive to international players. Just a packet of seeds could turn around global fortunes.

For all other G20 Chile Summit issues - look for non-financial solutions.

Also remember the little people - little projects and lots of them, keep suppliers cashflows ticking over - eventually things rectify themselves. Little roundabouts with conifers, lumps of stone and bulbs keep lots of suppliers in business as well as making those who use roads and motorways an aesthetic break every now and again. Benches near bus stops - support many!

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