Roads to Rome

Cognitive Systems Engineering – Academic Enterprise or Field of Practice?? See John Flach’s Linkedin Post. Note Do

A shark?!

Sometimes we are so concentrated, focussing on doing what we are doing, that we forget the context in which we are working.

Hindsight has 20/20 vision

Hindsight often leads to plausible causal narratives to explain known outcomes. However, these narratives typically trivialize

7th Principle: Emerging properties

Think of all the different ways an organization might “serve the interests of its members.” Do some ways lead to m

5th Principle – Variety kills variety

Is there a stop on the tram line that will lead to easy access to the carousel? Sometimes following the tracks of a a fixed pl

Changing Perspective

It continues to amaze me that a terrestrial animal can learn to manipulate a throttle, stick and rudders to soar through the s

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

Oh Captain…

“The significance/meaning of data (and missing data) changes depending on your framework or perspective. Every perspecti

Reductionist view

It is not possible to understand complex cognitive systems from a reductionistic world view. The reductionist view is convenie

Inspiring people

To all the people who have shaped who we are today! See John Flach’s post on LinkedIn

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