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“There doesn’t seem to be much value in claiming something doesn’t exist” my son said when I told him that sys
Corporate projects reflect the complexity of our interconnected world. Mistakes like relying on external managers, siloed oper
This post gives an overview of the scope and structure of a workshop/training which offers a primer on the bare bones of proje
…. the value it provides? The widely accepted definition of a system’s purpose was coined by Stafford Beer (2001)
You know what's funny? Whenever I bake an apple pie, it always turns out to be a great. Then why is it so difficult to have a
If you carry an umbrella, do you expect the weather to take notice, perhaps refraining from raining or, on the contrary, ensur
Russell Ackoff (Re-Creating the Corporation, 1999) outlines four fundamental ways to treat a problem: absolution, resolution,
Spaghetti prefers the flirtatious dance of the fork. When you eat spaghetti you use a fork and twirl it against the side of yo
Working with John Flach & Adam Walls on the system thinking cartoons (e.g. see here) I re-emerged myself in the topic. Hav
Cognitive Systems Engineering – Academic Enterprise or Field of Practice?? See John Flach’s Linkedin Post. Note Do
Preparing for a meeting about the value of prototyping to understand business and customer needs, I re-discovered a movie my s
Guy Kawasaki in his presentation on the Art of the Start 2.0 for the Graduate Studies Program of the Singularity University pr