#systems_thinking — Public Fediverse posts
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Закон Конвэя внутри нас: инженерные системы ломаются по тем же причинам, что и люди
Linux пропитан магией. Тип файла определяется не по расширению, а библиотекой magic, которая смотрит на сигнатуру первых байтов. В системе живут демоны, процессы могут работать в режиме daemon, а исполняемые файлы хранятся в формате ELF и разбираются утилитой readelf. Это похоже на шутки старых разработчиков, но они появились не случайно. Инженерные системы наполнены метафорами, потому что так проще думать о сложном, объяснять невидимое и работать с тем, что нельзя потрогать руками. Со временем мы привыкаем к этой «магии» и перестаём замечать, что вместе с ней перенимаем определённый способ мышления. Закон Конвэя обычно применяют к организациям и архитектурам. Но этот принцип работает и на уровне отдельного человека. Каждый из нас тоже система со своими процессами, ограничениями, шаблонами мышления и сбоями.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/X5Tech/articles/1005562/
#systems_thinking #закон_конвэя #архитектура_систем #системное_мышление #распределенные_системы #наблюдаемость #логирование #деградация_системы #когнитивная_нагрузка #устойчивость_системы
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Poor man's bitemporal data system in SQLite and Clojure
https://www.evalapply.org/posts/poor-mans-time-oriented-data-system/index.html
#ycombinator #indie_software #B2B_Micro_SaaS #systems_thinking #technology_leadership #architecture #software_design #functional_programming #clojure #devops #shell_scripting #web_development #databases #sqlite #writing #blogging #coaching -
Poor man's bitemporal data system in SQLite and Clojure
https://www.evalapply.org/posts/poor-mans-time-oriented-data-system/index.html
#ycombinator #indie_software #B2B_Micro_SaaS #systems_thinking #technology_leadership #architecture #software_design #functional_programming #clojure #devops #shell_scripting #web_development #databases #sqlite #writing #blogging #coaching -
Poor man's bitemporal data system in SQLite and Clojure
https://www.evalapply.org/posts/poor-mans-time-oriented-data-system/index.html
#ycombinator #indie_software #B2B_Micro_SaaS #systems_thinking #technology_leadership #architecture #software_design #functional_programming #clojure #devops #shell_scripting #web_development #databases #sqlite #writing #blogging #coaching -
Poor man's bitemporal data system in SQLite and Clojure
https://www.evalapply.org/posts/poor-mans-time-oriented-data-system/index.html
#ycombinator #indie_software #B2B_Micro_SaaS #systems_thinking #technology_leadership #architecture #software_design #functional_programming #clojure #devops #shell_scripting #web_development #databases #sqlite #writing #blogging #coaching -
...John says if you focus on building the capability in the organization to understand variation and to appreciate how to use #data - then you are on the right path, and can increase your influence in addition.
“You need to build into the organization things like a focus on pleasing the customer instead of pleasing your boss.” When combining all of these methods, that is when your #leadership is going to be most effective...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2016/09/13/lead-by-building-organizational-capability/
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"Too often I see simplistic thinking used to accept that the results were good so what we did was wise or the results were bad so what we did was unwise. Sometimes those conclusions have merit. Sometimes they don’t. The results matter but understanding the nature of those results is important..."
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/05/30/new-lessons-on-competition-from-mother-nature/
#Management #Leadership #critical_thinking #systems_thinking
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"Too often I see simplistic thinking used to accept that the results were good so what we did was wise or the results were bad so what we did was unwise. Sometimes those conclusions have merit. Sometimes they don’t. The results matter but understanding the nature of those results is important..."
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/05/30/new-lessons-on-competition-from-mother-nature/
#Management #Leadership #critical_thinking #systems_thinking
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"Too often I see simplistic thinking used to accept that the results were good so what we did was wise or the results were bad so what we did was unwise. Sometimes those conclusions have merit. Sometimes they don’t. The results matter but understanding the nature of those results is important..."
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/05/30/new-lessons-on-competition-from-mother-nature/
#Management #Leadership #critical_thinking #systems_thinking
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"Too often I see simplistic thinking used to accept that the results were good so what we did was wise or the results were bad so what we did was unwise. Sometimes those conclusions have merit. Sometimes they don’t. The results matter but understanding the nature of those results is important..."
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/05/30/new-lessons-on-competition-from-mother-nature/
#Management #Leadership #critical_thinking #systems_thinking
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“Toyama’s research reminds us that there are few one-size-fits-all solutions. If technology is going to improve the lives of the world’s poorest, it must be grounded in a deep understanding of human behavior and an appreciation for cultural differences.”
— Bill Gates
https://deming.org/creating-technology-solutions-that-are-appropriate-given-the-system-context/
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“Toyama’s research reminds us that there are few one-size-fits-all solutions. If technology is going to improve the lives of the world’s poorest, it must be grounded in a deep understanding of human behavior and an appreciation for cultural differences.”
— Bill Gates
https://deming.org/creating-technology-solutions-that-are-appropriate-given-the-system-context/
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“Toyama’s research reminds us that there are few one-size-fits-all solutions. If technology is going to improve the lives of the world’s poorest, it must be grounded in a deep understanding of human behavior and an appreciation for cultural differences.”
— Bill Gates
https://deming.org/creating-technology-solutions-that-are-appropriate-given-the-system-context/
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Permaculture Instructor Andrew Millison visits a site in Oregon that has installed an series of built ponds that have renewed the water supply in a dry valley. Thinking systemically to use the water falling from the sky to enrich land (instead of just quick runoff wasting all the water).
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"Good process improvement practices include:
- standardized improvement process (pdsa, or whatever)
- Going to the gemba – improvement is done where the work is done. You must go to the where the action is. Sitting in meeting rooms, or offices, reading reports and making decisions is not the way to improve effectively.- evidence based decision making..."
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2010/11/08/good-process-improvement-practices/
#Management #process_improvement #continual_improvement #systems_thinking #Leadership
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Keeping it Old-Tool: REPL habits of a grug-brained Clojure programmer
https://www.evalapply.org/posts/demo-clojure-workflow-scicloj/index.html
#ycombinator #systems_thinking #functional_programming #architecture #software_design #technology_leadership #devops #clojure #B2B_Micro_SaaS -
"give them enough rope and well designed systems that give them freedom, but also use rope to provide support. You can use rope to help people get themselves to new heights, not just to hang themselves. And you can use rope to give people freedom but also safety.
You want systems that let people take on challenges without too many restrictions but with enough support and training that you don't leave them hanging..."
https://evop.blogspot.com/2013/06/give-people-enough-rope-and-right-rope.html
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...The reason the blaming a person is a bad idea is that your organization will improve much more effectively if you keep asking why.
Why did they make that error? Why did the process let them make that error? When you follow the why chain a couple more steps you can find root causes that will allow you to find a much more effective solution...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/05/03/find-the-root-cause-instead-of-the-person-to-blame/
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Interruptions can severely degrade your performance. The type of work you are doing impacts the cost greatly. I have spent some of my time programming web applications. When I am doing that interruptions are a huge drain on my performance (for me the costs of interruptions while programming are far higher than any other type of work I have done – many times higher). If the interruption disrupts my flow...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2010/05/12/interruptions-can-severely-damage-performance/
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"Understanding to what extent an issue is within your control or influence can help a great deal in determining good strategies. Where you have a good chance to influence the process you can focus on strategies that may require much more of your participation to be successfully adopted.
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there is a temporal component to your circle of influence..."https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2010/02/09/circle-of-influence/
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"The best way to have fewer bugs in the software is not to put them in in the first place. I would like to see testers become bug prevention advisors! And I think this is what happens on good teams."
Dorothy Graham
https://hexawise.com/posts/testing-smarter-with-dorothy-graham
#softwaredevelopment #software_testing #systems_thinking #management
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A good management system doesn’t rely on heroic efforts to save the day. The organization is designed to succeed. It is robust. It will succeed with all the variation thrown at it by the outside world. A good management system takes advantage of the contributions people offer, but it will not perform poorly when others are relied on.
A well run organization has graceful degradation (when one component fails or one person is missing...
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What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out?
Read the Leader’s Handbook by Peter Scholtes and use it as a reference to guide your actions on a weekly basis.
Learn to experiment and iterate quickly. Your main aim should be to manage the management system (which may mean the management practices used within your scope of authority or influence)...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/12/19/advice-for-managers-who-are-just-starting-out/
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How to think about software quality (2022)
https://www.evalapply.org/posts/how-to-not-die-by-a-thousand-cuts/index.html
#ycombinator #systems_thinking #functional_programming #architecture #software_design #technology_leadership #devops #clojure -
How to Not Die by a Thousand Cuts. Or How to Think About Software Quality (2022)
https://www.evalapply.org/posts/how-to-not-die-by-a-thousand-cuts/index.html
#ycombinator #systems_thinking #functional_programming #architecture #software_design #technology_leadership #devops #clojure -
The idea that what is winning right now is best is flawed. What is successful now is dependent on the larger system and the conditions that impact that system... British Airways had to shut down flights worldwide. This has happened numerous times for major airlines in the last few years.
The systems that they settled on may seem to be working well for years and then suffer catastrophic failures. Why did they accept...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2017/05/30/new-lessons-on-competition-from-mother-nature/
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Watch the video for much more but the basic idea of #idealized_design is to create a new design for a product, service or the organization based on existing feasibility but without the constraints of the existing setup. Then you can use that ideal to figure out a plan to move from the existing state to that idealized design. Russell #Ackoff co-authored a good book on the topic: Idealized Design...
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management requires customization to the organization. You cannot just copy management practices from one place, where they are successful, to another. You can learn from what has been successful and adopt it to your organization if you have knowledge and theory and know how to test (pdsa) the effectiveness of new ideas in your organization...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/03/23/secrets-of-the-worlds-best-companies/
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If You Create a System That Includes The Perfect Conditions for Scandals, Expect Scandals to Happen
https://curiouscatlinks.blogspot.com/2012/07/if-you-create-system-that-includes.html
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Even while many act as though all we can do is whine, be frustrated and lash out in hate, some people show that working to make things better can achieve improvement. You must think clearly and focus on how to improve society not how to harm society by making it seem that hate is a useful or even acceptable response.
A New Jersey city achieved 0 traffic deaths in 4 years with quick, high impact ideas:
https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1119110757/traffic-deaths-car-accident-hoboken-new-jersey-vision-zero
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"explore the method to effectively learn from decisions the organization makes. The idea seem simple but they are powerful.
Preparing a record of every decision of any significance, ones that involve doing something or (of particular importance) ones that involve not doing something.
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The decision should be monitored to determine whether the expectations are being met..."Russell #Ackoff
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/02/06/learning-systems-and-improvement/
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Who would I select, as the leaders of management improvement (#lean_thinking, six sigma, #systems_thinking continual improvement, #customer_focus, innovation, #Leadership quality management, theory of constraints…) thought and practice in 2006?
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/01/17/management-improvement-leaders/
Russell Ackoff – I find it difficult to imagine a list #management thought leader list, not including his name...
George Box: statistics, design of experiments, #data ...
James Womack and Daniel Jones...
Eliyahu M. Goldratt... -
One of my successes while working at the Office of Secretary of Defense Quality Management Office was to make our Small Business Guidebook to Quality Management available online:
https://web.archive.org/web/20041015220332/http://quality.disa.mil/pdf/qmosbb.pdf
It is an excellent resource in my opinion.
#quality #management #Deming #systems_thinking #leadership #business
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Friendgineers: Agency is important. In life, in work, and in play. How can we take lessons from games and apply them to work?
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The Potential Benefits, Risks and Folly of Stretch Goals
I think stretch goals are fine when people understand - they are giving scope to the effort. If I want breakthrough improvement quickly it may mean considering radical solutions... But there are risks.
As Brian Joiner said there are 3 ways to improve figures ("results")
distorting the system
distorting the data
improving the system
...https://evop.blogspot.com/2012/03/potential-benefits-risks-and-folly-of.html
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"By concentrating apartments around transit, buying the most-affected locals in financially, and using the revenues to balance the budget, [Arlington, Virginia] has been able to permit more apartments than many of its peer regions over the past 50 years. This is a model other American cities could learn from..."
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"Certain individuals do have an amazing ability to create successful systems. They can't do it themselves. They need other people. Granted a few of these leaders are extremely special. 95% of CEO's are decent at their jobs (or even not that good at their jobs) but replacing them with any of hundreds of other people would make little difference. But those CEO's all think they are more like Steve Jobs - they are not..."
https://evop.blogspot.com/2012/07/are-we-few-heros-or-society.html
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"Your purpose is to identify where in the process things go wrong, not who messed up. Look for systemic causes, not culprits."
Peter Scholtes
#management #systems_thinking #respect_for_people #process_improvement
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Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department
"What are we trying to become?
A community oriented, decentralized, highly interactive, diverse police department staffed by members who share organizational values, are well trained, committed, sensitive and courteous...
An organization that is noted for its high-level community confidence"
#police #management #systems_thinking #respect_for_people #continual_improvement
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I believe the act of formally making a prediction is critical to improving the learning process. I think prediction and examination of results is rarely done. And I think it is a very powerful component to creating an organization that can improve rapidly.
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/07/14/management-is-prediction/
#data #learning #experiment #systems_thinking #continual_improvement
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"explore the method to effectively learn from decisions the organization makes. The idea seem simple but they are powerful.
Preparing a record of every decision of any significance, ones that involve doing something or (of particular importance) ones that involve not doing something.
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The decision should be monitored to determine whether the expectations are being met..."Russell #Ackoff
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/02/06/learning-systems-and-improvement/