The recording of my talk at @newcrafts 2023 is available and it was an attempt to show how one can not only deal with complexity, one can even thrive in it by employing #OpenSystemsTheory from social sciences. https://vimeo.com/842233825
#SystemsThinking #OpenSystems

The schedule for #JavaZone next month has just been released and my talk on #SocioTechnicalSystems and #OpenSystemsTheory will be on Thursday 7th at 10:20 in Room 7 – in Norwegian this time. Hope to see you there.
https://2023.javazone.no/program/e3c0c356-035f-495b-99c5-d781ab560d72
#OpenSystems #SystemsThinking

The Emery's Open Systems Theory embodies the world hypothesis referred to as Contextualism by Pepper, which can be encapsulated well by Heraclitus’ famous quote: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
#OpenSystems

Some people don't know themselves if they work with #opensystems platforms. #TW {Nazi Uniform}
https://www.facebook.com/groups/779112320165754/permalink/1049780436432273

@marcrr @gmusser from what I've seen people are very critical of Meta's new #threads supporting #activitypub , but IMHO this kind of future is the only way the #fediverse will thrive: inter-operable #opensystems all the way baby

Rereading the introduction to the 1969 _Systems Thinking: Selected Readings_ Penguin paperbook surfaces some choices by the editor #FredEEmery that I hadn't previously appreciated.

https://ingbrief.wordpress.com/2023/05/03/introduction-systems-thinking-selected-readings-edited-by-f-e-emery-1969/

#SystemsThinking #LivingSystems #opensystems

"When people are truly equal, they don't have to have the same values"
-Merrelyn Emery, 2023
#OpenSystems #SocioTechnical

I'm fortunate to be able to attend Merrelyn Emery's probably last #OpenSystems course in Canberra Australia and this slide shows how fundamental that theory is.
#SocioTechnical #epistomology

Wonder what makes a Search Conference so different from the seemingly similar Future Search? The latter claims to extend the former, but have left out core parts to make it suit a terrible individualiatic and non-systemic thinking. Here's a comparison by M Emery.
#OpenSystems #SocioTechnical

This is a new talk I did at @KanDDDinsky where I take a more of a general systems thinking angle into the Emerys' Open Systems Theory, highlighting the unique perspective it has and more details on how you create a participative democratic organization that are more adaptive in our current turbulent environment.
#sociotechnical #OpenSystems #SystemsThinking #DDDesign
https://youtu.be/SV5cy6J-7vI

New date for this unique opportunity to learn open systems theory and practices from Merrelyn Emery herself. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/trondhjort_systemsthinking-agile-complex-activity-7006130986799230976-I3mS
#OpenSystems #SocioTechnical

Curious about #SystemsThinking, especially the difference between the different schools, like #SystemsDynamics, #CriticalSystemThinking, and #OpenSystems?
This is good resource for that, discussed by the practitioners themselves.
https://www.alnap.org/system/files/content/resource/files/main/BartonEmeryFloodetal.pdf

"The basic unit of society is the group, not the individual."
–Merrelyn Emery
#SocioTechnical #OpenSystems

"Deciding on what sacrifices of other ideals should be made in any particular choice between purposes is of the essence of wisdom."
–F. Emery, "Futures we're in" (1977)
#SocioTechnical #OpenSystems

Today's #arXivsummary: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.14389 by Veríssimo et. al. Authors investigate the interplay between dissipation and symmetry-protected topological order in a dissipative Spin-1 Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki model via tensor network techniques. For time-reversal symmetric dissipation, topological signatures remain. #CondMat #StrEl #OpenSystems #TensorNetworks #arXiv_2211_14389

I'm a bit surprised by the interest from academia concerning my venture into #SocioTechnical and #OpenSystems, but got a great explanation: Manufacturing is lost to Lean. 😄

against post.news: Some relevant if cranky criticisms of post.news
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/11/psa-do-not-use-services-that-hate-the-internet/
#socialmedia #opensystems #post.news #postnews #pmarca #web #-

"De Commissie zou zich wat meer moeten openstellen."

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"Wat we nodig hebben is veerkracht, wat wil zeggen dat we alternatieven nodig hebben, andere leveranciers"

-> niet alleen andere leveranciers, maar ook dat ze gebruik maken van open protocollen 💡 #openweb #opensource #opensystems

"In OST, people are not limited to being purposeful but can, under certain conditions seek ideals. Ideals started to become clear when Ackoff & F. Emery (1972) discussed using organizations as instruments and choosing between purposes. People may choose outcomes which are not necessarily possible in the time available, or perhaps, ever. These outcomes are the ‘ideals’, endlessly approachable but unattainable in themselves."
—M. Emery
#SocioTechnical #OpenSystems

@davehogg said on #facebook that #mastodon is a place to debate important topics.

I guess he means not fun topics? I dunno. I really hope mastodon makes it.

True #openSystems like #usenet and #fidonet are antithetical to #capatalisim. Like we used to say back in the day 'usenet treats censorship like any other outage and routes around it'. That means you can't put a big wall around it and charge people for it.

There is no #profit center. 🌈 😂