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How to Solve Homelessness

How NOT to Solve Homelessness

Many people have heard the name Warren Buffet.

3 min readDec 1, 2023

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How NOT to Solve Homelessness

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Andrew Hening

The Modern Homelessness Crisis

I have spent the last 12 year working to end homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, and after all this time, rarely a week goes by…

5 min readJun 14, 2022

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The Modern Homelessness Crisis

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STEP: A Better Framework for Ending Homelessness

For the last 12 years I have been working to end homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. During that time, which has included providing…

8 min readJun 14, 2022

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STEP: A Better Framework for Ending Homelessness

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How to Solve Homelessness

Did Homelessness Begin in 1982?

I was born in 1986. Millennials like me — Americans born between approximately 1980 and 1996 — have never known a United States without…

8 min readJun 14, 2022

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Did Homelessness Begin in 1982?

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The Real Reason Why Cities Don’t Do More to Address Homelessness

In 2016, I started working in local government in San Rafael, a medium-sized city located in Marin County, CA (the suburban community…

8 min readJun 14, 2022

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The Real Reason Why Cities Don’t Do More to Address Homelessness

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How to Solve Homelessness

The Homeless Industrial Complex

One of the most powerful insights from systems thinking is that system components (goals, feedback loops, flows) tend to configure…

9 min readJun 14, 2022

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The Homeless Industrial Complex

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4 Strategies for Navigating an Increasingly Complex World

The enduring power of a systemic perspective

7 min readOct 14, 2020

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4 Strategies for Navigating an Increasingly Complex World

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“Tragedy of the Commons” — What It Is and How to Solve It

The powerful systemic dynamic behind issues ranging from pollution to homelessness to overcrowded national parks.

6 min readAug 14, 2020

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“Tragedy of the Commons” — What It Is and How to Solve It

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What a Southerner Learned about Housing Discrimination in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Enduring Legacy of Systemic Racism in America’s Housing System

8 min readJun 3, 2020

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What a Southerner Learned about Housing Discrimination in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Systemic Addiction

From industrial farming to government bailouts to substance abuse disorders, addiction is everywhere.

4 min readMay 8, 2020

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Systemic Addiction

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Andrew Hening

Andrew Hening

UC Berkeley MBA and Harvard-recognized culture change leader sharing tools, strategies, and frameworks for untangling complex and messy challenges.

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