What is real?

The illustration above pictures a situation in a city with snow, and two characters: the older man with his red hat and scarf,

4th principle – Nature is a web

Nature is a web – where everything is connected to everything else. A change in one part of a system has consequences fo

1st Principle: Systems do not exist

“Systems thinking involves applying various models to represent complex interactions, but general systems theorists also

Quietly flapping her wings

Even the little things count … You count in ways that you can’t even imagine. See: John Flach’s LinkedIn pos

On Navigating

Wether navigating the woods or the unknown terrain of a new business venture, distinctive landmarks help to qualify paths, rec

Signal to Noise ratio

Lopes (1986) suggests that signal detection theory is a better model than classical logic or inference for most everyday decis

Welcome to Texas

The cold logic and objectification of the world inspired by Plato and Aristotle set the stage for modern science. However, a s

The science has changed

Science is a tour bus for delving into the mysteries of our changing world. The vehicle doesn’t change but the view out

“Directness” of perception

In designing displays it is important to look past the screen to consider the mapping of the representation to the affordances

Going nowhere

Those of us who have spent a long time in a specific discipline often become engrossed in the subtle theoretical nuances and t

Noise

Observations of high reliability organizations by Rochlin and others suggest that the chatter (noise or non-task related commu

Reflection