My purposeful Covid-19 system

 Over the past year people in the UK have become familiar with government advice: 

Then I saw some of my systems thinkers on twitter (@hw29x and @SystemsNinja) suggested we should re-arrange this using Checklands PQR structure to give a purposeful system:

P (What)	A system to …	Protect the NHS
Q (How)	By …	Stay at home
R (Why)	In order to …	Save lives

 

Which got me to thinking - what does my purposeful Covid-19 system look like?

Note that this is my January 2021 version - it has varied significantly over the last 9 months.  Also I've been drawing this in my head for months and only actually drew it (wrote this) when I'm supposed to be writing my thesis proposal - avoidance technique at its best!  

And to continue on the avoidance path (and prove there really is a bird feeder which forms part of my work system:

Mixed messages

 I've always valued the time before a module starts to get ahead on the reading and get my head round how a module is structured.  The research module has a long gap between the end of the previous module and its start as the OU advise that there is pre-work required - with the implication that the pre-work is substantive and too much to do while finishing another module.

This messaging is being reinforced on the forum where I'm told this module isn't like other modules where there are peaks (for TMAs) and troughs.  Its a consistently high level of input needed for the full 12 months and that I should make a start in advance of the official start by beginning to flesh out my proposal using the templates 

But none of the material has been released to enable me to actually do this ...