Think about it [systems thinking] through the lens of a new tech product, which is kind of the centre of what we do [at Andreesen… Read More »Machine. Ecosystem. (4) – Marc Andreessen on Systems Thinking
Peter Morville on the unpredictability of complex systems:
Here are two useful ways to view your organisation: as machine, and as ecosystem. A machine is usually a complicated system: lots of moving parts,… Read More »Machine. Ecosystem. (1)
The engine inside a car is complicated. A complicated system is a causal system – meaning that it is subject to cause and effect. Although… Read More »Systems: complicated and complex – Aaron Dignan
Effective executives know that they have to get many things done effectively. Therefore, they concentrate. And the first rule for the concentration of executive efforts… Read More »Drucker on abandonment
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. James Clear – Atomic Habits If you… Read More »The level of your systems
My last post got me thinking again about the toolkit for making change and building a good future. What follows started out as the tail… Read More »Toolkit (v0.1)
I love Tim Harford‘s stuff, and I’m surprised he hasn’t featured here before. 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy is a delightful romp through… Read More »Tim Harford: slow-motion multitasking
Computers have been on a steady march toward us. At first, computers were housed in distant air-conditioned basements, then they moved to nearby small rooms,… Read More »Computers marching towards us
Here’s a DC-related hitlist for the first part of 2019… images link to Amazon UK. The Invisible Killer: The Rising Global Threat of Air Pollution… Read More »A reading list for 2019