Sustainability and Final Solutions
If you want a problem solved in such a way that you’ll never have to think about it again your options are: When we say… Read More »Sustainability and Final Solutions
Vision
Driverless Christmas
Despite my silence for the last few of weeks, rest assured that I have not been asleep at the wheel… Greetings First off, Merry –… Read More »Driverless Christmas
Quixotic Monuments to False Prediction: Oliver Kim and Morten Jervens on GDP in developing countries
(And relevant, I suspect, to more developed ones). This piece from Oliver Kim resonates with my struggle to get good (methodologically clear, sufficiently granular, consistent,… Read More »Quixotic Monuments to False Prediction: Oliver Kim and Morten Jervens on GDP in developing countries
“Was it worth it?”
“It was worth it” isn’t the same thing as “It was a success” or even “It went according to plan”. Failure can still be worth… Read More »“Was it worth it?”
“The best way to treat a problem is seldom where the problem appears” – a case study of solving problems in a complex system from Russell Ackoff
48:55 to 1:04:15 is insightful, nuanced, and heavily emphasises the human parts of a business system. In short, it is worth your time. See also:… Read More »“The best way to treat a problem is seldom where the problem appears” – a case study of solving problems in a complex system from Russell Ackoff
On the shoulders of
Through ardour, equal them But remember the little people It goes without saying that we are standing on the shoulders of giants. We (and said… Read More »On the shoulders of
Russell Ackoff on Systems Thinking and improving system performance
[The first requirement of a system is that] a system is a whole that consists of parts, each of which can affect its behaviour or… Read More »Russell Ackoff on Systems Thinking and improving system performance
Driverless Crocodile’s Jakarta Foods Bingo
This is not a list of well-known classics, but rather a collection of flavours and textures less-familiar to most Western palates… Descriptions are deliberately obscure:… Read More »Driverless Crocodile’s Jakarta Foods Bingo
Seth Godin on Limits and Boundaries
The fence near the train tracks is a boundary. You can go near it without risk. The electrified third rail, on the other hand, is… Read More »Seth Godin on Limits and Boundaries
Pi in a box: Steven Strogratz on squaring the circle
Here’s the excellent Steven Strogratz giving an elegant explanation for why the formula for the area of a circle works and explaining the mysteries of… Read More »Pi in a box: Steven Strogratz on squaring the circle