#systemsthinking

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I had to stop listening to the latest @parismarx "Tech Won't Save Us" podcast episode "Why We Need a War on Cars" w/ Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear

Because I was listening while making dinner, and I need to take notes on it.

Good account of the systemic nature of the problems

“Renewal begins where worship ends.”

Yesterday’s forms always believe they are immortal.
That’s why markets, states, and schools fossilize—each convinced its rulebook is the final draft.
But diversity doesn’t spring from perfection; it grows from interruption.

Nature’s strength isn’t freedom without boundary, but freedom with feedback—
the liberty to diverge, checked by the friction that keeps divergence meaningful.
Freedom that listens creates evolution; freedom that ignores becomes entropy.

Scarcity begins the moment a system forgets to listen.
The wildlands never forget.

The architecture of diversity, then, is not inclusion—
it is forgetfulness:
the grace to let yesterday’s victory die before it becomes today’s gate.

The things that get attention online, even on Mastadon, are usually agreement candy (stuff people already believe, phrased snappily), rage-bait, or parasocial drama. Smart, careful, technically rigorous, ethically uncomfortable takes almost always get lower engagement because they demand effort.

Commentary on Path Dependent Sociotechnical Feedback Loops.

is one of those skills that I thought I had, but I've realized that compared with experts in the field, it's like comparing elementary school to university.

I heartily recommend "Thinking In Systems", by Donella Meadows. It's very accessible, with lots of visuals and cross-disciplinary examples. I think it's a must for any engineer and leader. We need more system thinkers!

Cover of "Thinking In Systems by Donella Meadows"

🎯 The housing crisis will not be solved with money alone.
🎯 It’s not a numbers problem — it’s a systems problem.
🎯 And pouring money into a broken system just breaks it faster.

We’ve built a system that makes it hard to create the kind of modest, incremental, people-scaled housing our communities actually need and then we act surprised when affordability collapses.
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/6/19/housing-is-not-a-numbers-problemits-a-systems-problem

Keen to connect with people currently in New Zealand and Australia that are interested and/or want to learn about .

Why? Like many of you, I love learning and I'm part of Virtual Domain-driven design. Since I moved here and started to feel more settled in Auckland it would be nice to meet more local folks and maybe do some events in person 😸

At the moment (Oct 2024), I'm hosting the VDDD book club which happens every other Tuesday see https://ti.to/book-club-virtual-domain-driven-design for more dets and sign up

If you are not in NZ, please boost this post (it seems everyone knows someone in here)

I'm noticing more interest in . During my interactions with customers, it pops up more frequently. 🎉

However (there is a but), I've learned that there is an essential nuance within the different systems thinking schools. And that difference goes for how the school sees the relationship between the system and the environment.

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Migrated account 😀

I have been on the fediverse for about a year now, enjoying the less algorithmic and more personal, deliberate interactions!

This is my me-in-work account where I think about ... and , , , , , , and , , approaches, and as a principle of public services.

I'm in Wales and also French. 👋

SYSTEMVIZ. Last year I presented two major additions to the SystemViz Project on visualizing systems at international conferences. I'm releasing both to the general public to start the new year. Of Interest is the ESCALADE information-design framework slide-notes: http://www.systemviz.com/escalade-slidenotes1.pdf . And Anatomy of System Notations codex poster: http://www.systemviz.com/anatomy-poster1.pdf . Slidenotes for the Anatomy are also available at systemviz.com . Feedback is welcome.

SystemViz Project: ESCALADE Information-Design Framework + Anatomy of System Notations