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This week Carter and Nathan read Donella Meadows' Thinking in Systems. A foundational primer on systems thinking, the book explores how stocks, flows, feedback loops, and leverage points shape everything from ecosystems to organizations. Join them as they discuss how systems thinking applies to software engineering, the hidden structures behind burnout and tech debt, and how to make high-leverage changes in complex systems.-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows https://amzn.to/4cMB35k (paid link)Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design by Kent Beck https://amzn.to/3RoB9pR (paid link)Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowlerhttps://amzn.to/43Wqk5Q (paid link)Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach by Mark Richards and Neal Fordhttps://amzn.to/3Y7CNjk (paid link)One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein by Whitney Alyse Webbhttps://amzn.to/3RsMt4f (paid link)Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newporthttps://amzn.to/3EH8MAe (paid link)The Software Engineer's Guidebook: Navigating Senior, Tech Lead, and Staff Engineer Positions at Tech Companies and Startups by Gergely Oroszhttps://amzn.to/3ExwPSa (paid link)What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram https://amzn.to/4iuSUim (paid link)----------------00:00 Intro 01:41 About the Book03:43 Thoughts on the Book08:07 Covering the Foundations and Defining Terms16:36 Feedback loops22:31 Overconfidence and why models lead us astray.35:56 Paradigms and Framing49:30 Leverage Points01:02:04 Final Thoughts----------------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

In this episode, Gergely Orosz joins Carter and Nathan to discuss his book The Software Engineer's Guidebook. Join them as Gergely reflects on the differences between writing a book and The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, the importance of professional networks, and the state of the hiring market today!https://www.pragmaticengineer.com/-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------The Software Engineer's Guidebookhttps://amzn.to/41AxMAL (Paid Link)Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows https://amzn.to/4kGtmkI (Paid Link)Tidy First?: A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design by Kent Beckhttps://amzn.to/4bHoNCv (Paid Link)Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager: How to Be the Leader Your Development Team Needs by Dr. James Stanierhttps://amzn.to/4kCzvhD (Paid Link)The Engineering Executive's Primer: Impactful Technical Leadership by Will Larsonhttps://amzn.to/4hpRDIS (Paid Link)----------------00:00 Intro02:11 What inspired you to write the book?08:46 Gaining the Vocabulary and learning on your own13:45 Writing a Newsletter vs Writing a Book22:55 Taking initiative and Embracing Curiosity35:30 Working Remotely and Cultivating Connections41:13 Periodic Effort: Stretching, Executing, and Coasting46:41 Navigating Company Cultures50:05 The Future of Interviews: AI Cheating and the end of the Remote Interviews58:33 How the job market has changed01:05:10 Closing Thoughts Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

Leadership lessons learnt from first hand experience at Amazon, Google and The Gates Foundation. John Rossman specialises in solving complex problems, he shares how leaders can make high-stakes decisions with clarity, velocity, and effective communication.  John shares his experience of observing and working with big bet leaders such as Jeff Bezos, Amazon and Satya Nadella, Microsoft.  Key Topics: Big Bet Leadership - Making ambitious decisions with clarity, speed, and communication. Lessons from Amazon - Leadership lessons from launching Amazon Marketplace and scaling in today's hyper digital landscape by making bold moves and with sharp thinking. Customer Obsession - Aligning strategy with delivering customer value. Communication - The role of storytelling and proactive communication in successful leadership.   Books Mentioned: Big Bet Leadership by John Rossman The Amazon Way by John Rossman The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt Connect with John Rossman: Visit bigbetleadership.com for more resources and tools. Connect with John Rossman on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-rossman/ ----more---- Subscribe & Follow: If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and follow the Lead To Succeed podcast for more insights on leadership and business growth. The podcast is brought to you by RJEN https://RJEN.co.uk SECURE AND SCALE REVENUE GROWTH Our free online events provide the best ways to scale B2B revenue growth. JOIN OUR ONLINE EVENTS HERE https://subscribepage.io/rjenevents Connect with the show hosts below. Callum Jenkinshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/callumjenkins/ Rebecca Jenkins https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccajenkins-rjen/    

At Vitalyst, we have been trying to demystify systems change as our Systems Change Grants application deadline nears in the middle of November. But we know it can still be confusing, so we had our friends at FSG join us for a conversation.  Additional Links:  Understanding Systems Change Spark Report – Report by FSG in collaboration with Vitalyst The Water of Systems Change Report by FSG The Water of Systems Change: Action Learning Exercise Clarifying Systems Change: An Interview with John Harper, CEO of FSG “Thinking in Systems” by Donella H. Meadows  

“How long will you hunt for words?    Consider, and then we will speak. Why are we counted as cattle?    Why are we stupid in your sight?  You who tear yourself in your anger,    shall the earth be forsaken for you,    or the rock be removed out of its place? - Job 18:2-4   This Episode's Links and Timestamps: 00:00 – Scripture Reading 08:29 – My Commentary on Job 18-19 30:58 - Information theory – Wikipedia 55:46 - Systems theory – Wikipedia 1:17:07 - ‘Thinking In Systems: A Primer' by Donella H Meadows - Goodreads

In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of Systems Thinking and how you can apply it to improve your life and decision-making. We explore how embracing continuous learning and leverage points can help you navigate complex systems—whether in your personal life, career, or broader society. Learn how to harness feedback loops, embrace uncertainty, and develop the resilience needed to thrive in an ever-changing world. Authors Steven Schuster's The Art of Thinking in Systems, Donella H. Meadows' essay "Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theshiftlab/support

Today I welcome fellow Canadian Michael Hartley to the show. Michael is the director of InterKnowlogy, mining and energy. And that is a firm that operates at the intersection of risk management, human factors and data science to enhance decision-making. This conversation covers a wide range of fascinating stuff, mostly about how decisions get made during complexity and crises, mostly from Michael's background in energy and mining. However, the insights are applicable to a huge number of other contexts. And we cover the importance of decision making and critical thinking, understanding when decisions get made in organizations, data quality and presenting information, managing crises, AI and much more. Show Notes: Michael on LinkedIn InterKnowlogy Books and Papers "Thinking in Systems: A Primer" by Donella H. Meadows Amazon Link "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Amazon Link "The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization" by Peter M. Senge Amazon Link Concepts and Tools Goodhart's Law Goodhart's Law Explained Cynefin Framework by Dave Snowden Cynefin Framework Overview Scenario Planning Scenario Planning Overview Additional Resources Deepwater Horizon Incident Wikipedia Article Shell's Scenario Planning Shell's Scenario Planning Page Resilience Engineering Resilience Engineering Association _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Subscribe to The Decision-Making Studio Podcast Sign up for our Decision Navigators Course Join our Aug 13th Webinar

Wenn wir die ökologische Krise verstehen wollen, müssen wir die Arbeitswelt verstehen, sagt Simon Schaupp und plädiert für eine kämpferische Stoffwechselpolitik.   Shownotes Simon Schaupp Simon Schaupp an der Universität Basel: https://soziologie.philhist.unibas.ch/de/personen/simon-schaupp/ Schaupp, Simon. 2024. Stoffwechselpolitik Arbeit, Natur und die Zukunft des Planeten. Suhrkamp Verlag: https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/simon-schaupp-stoffwechselpolitik-t-9783518029862 Schaupp, Simon. 2021. Technopolitik von unten. Algorithmische Arbeitssteuerung und kybernetische Proletarisierung. Matthes & Seitz Berlin: https://www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de/buch/technopolitik-von-unten.html   Weitere Shownotes Metabolic rift (Wikipedia, englisch): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_rift Social Metabolism (Wikipedia, englisch): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_metabolism Kohei Saito (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohei_Saito Saito, Kohei. 2023. Marx in the Anthropocene. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press:  https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/marx-in-the-anthropocene/D58765916F0CB624FCCBB61F50879376 Saito, Kohei und Wakounig, Gregor. 2023. Systemsturz: Der Sieg der Natur über den Kapitalismus. DTV Verlag.: https://www.dtv.de/buch/systemsturz-28369 Lemke, Thomas. 2021. The Government of Things Foucault and the New Materialisms. New York: NYU Press: https://nyupress.org/9781479829934/the-government-of-things/ Fieber, Tanja und Konitzer, Franziska. 2021. Treibhausgase: Wie der CO2-Fußabdruck die Klima-Realität verschleiert. ARD alpha: https://www.ardalpha.de/wissen/umwelt/nachhaltigkeit/co2-fussabdruck-carbon-footprint-shell-exxon-bp-taeuschung-klima-100.html Malm, Andreas. 2016. Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming. Verso Books: https://www.versobooks.com/products/135-fossil-capital Was ist Degrowth? (degrowth.info): https://degrowth.info/de/degrowth-de Winant, Gabriel. 2023. The Next Shift. The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America. Harvard: Harvard University Press: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674292192 Sklavenaufstand an der German Coast (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sklavenaufstand_an_der_German_Coast Schaupp, Simon und Jochum, Georg . 2019. "Die Steuerungswende. Zur Möglichkeit einer nachhaltigen und demokratischen Wirtschaftsplanung im digitalen Zeitalter". In Marx und die Roboter. Vernetzte Produktion, Künstliche Intelligenz und lebendige Arbeit. Butollo, Florian und Sabine Nuss (Hrsg.). Berlin: Dietz Verlag. 327-344: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333642071_Die_Steuerungswende_Zur_Moglichkeit_einer_nachhaltigen_und_demokratischen_Wirtschaftsplanung_im_digitalen_Zeitalter(open Access) Future Histories Kurzvideo zu “Was ist Kybernetik” YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBKC9mM8-so Systemtheorie (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemtheorie Erdsystemwissenschaft (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdsystemwissenschaft Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Carl_von_Schimmelmann Meadows, Donella H.; Meadows, Dennis L.; Randers, Jørgen; Behrens III, William. 1972. The Limits to Growth.‎ Universe Books: https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/the-limits-to-growth/ J. Forester (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Wright_Forrester Norbert Wiener (Monoskop): https://monoskop.org/Norbert_Wiener World3-Modell (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/World3 Ölpreiskrise (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96lpreiskrise Lean Production/ Schlanke Produktion (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlanke_Produktion Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (Monoskop): https://monoskop.org/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel Grüner Kapitalismus (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCner_Kapitalismus Matthew T. Huber (Syracuse University):  https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/directory/matthew-t-huber Huber, Matthew T. 2022. Climate change as class war: Building socialism on a warming planet. Verso Books.:  https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/775-climate-change-as-class-war   Thematisch angrenzende Folgen S03E05 | Marina Fischer-Kowalski zu gesellschaftlichem Stoffwechsel: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e05-marina-fischer-kowalski-zu-gesellschaftlichem-stoffwechsel/ S02E55 | Kohei Saito on Degrowth Communism: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e55-kohei-saito-on-degrowth-communism/ S02E47 | Matt Huber on Building Socialism, Climate Change & Class War: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e47-matt-huber-on-building-socialism-climate-change-class-war/ S02E07 | Simon Schaupp zu Technopolitik von unten: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e07-simon-schaupp-zu-technopolitik-von-unten/ S01E18 | Simon Schaupp zu Kybernetik und radikaler Demokratie:  https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e18-simon-schaupp-zu-kybernetik-und-radikaler-demokratie/ S01E01 | Benjamin Seibel zu Kybernetik: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e01-benjamin-seibel-zu-kybernetik/   Wenn euch Future Histories gefällt, dann erwägt doch bitte eine Unterstützung auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories? Schreibt mir unter office@futurehistories.today  Diskutiert mit auf Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast auf Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/futurehistories.bsky.social auf Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories oder auf Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FutureHistories/ www.futurehistories.today   Keywords #SimonSchaupp, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Interview, #GesellschaftlicherStoffwechsel, #StoffwechselPolitik, #Klimawandel, #Stoffwechsel, #Natur-KulturVerhältnis, #DemokratischePlanung, #Degrowth, #Erdsystemwissenschaft, #Marx, #CO2Fußabdruck, #Kybernetik, #World3, #Ölkrise, #Arbeit, #Bauarbeiter, #Zukunft, #Gesellschaft, #Saito, #Marx

Emotional Design" by Don Norman "The Design of Everyday Things" by Don Norman "Maximum Achievement" by Brian Tracy "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert T. Kiyosaki "Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want—Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible" by Brian Tracy "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things" by William McDonough and Michael Braungart "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business" by Charles Duhigg "Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation" by Tim Brown "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters "Thinking in Systems: A Primer" by Donella H. Meadows "Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days" by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz "Design of Everyday Things" by Don Norman (added for clarity, as there are two books by Don Norman) Hooked

Victor Udoewa works in the Office of Public Health Data Surveillance and Technology at the CDC. Previously, he worked at the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs at NASA, as well as at 18F and Google. We talk about his journey into design and leadership, the role of design in the civic space, radical participatory design, and orchestrating relationships in complex systems. Listen to learn about: >> Civic design and social impact design >> Radical participatory design and working with the people and communities you're serving >> The effect of relationships on systems >> The fallacy of problem solving Our Guest Victor Udoewa works in the Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST) at the CDC. He previously served as CTO, CXO, and Service Design Lead of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at NASA. He was the Director of Strategy at 18F, a civic consultancy for the federal government inside the federal government. He led the digital strategy practice and served as a designer and strategist on projects. Previously, as a Global Education Instructional Designer and Training Development Specialist at Google, he designed learning products and services for people in low-to-middle-income countries around the world. Show Highlights [01:07] Victor started out in aerospace engineering, building computer models. [03:44] How one summer in El Salvador working on composting latrines changed everything. [06:05] Wanting his work to make a positive difference. [06:22] Becoming a science and technology policy advisor for the government. [06:38] Moving to the UK and designing educational products and services focused around literacy. [06:57] Coming back to government work as a civic designer and innovator. [08:39] Civic design and designing for social impact. [09:19] Much of the work of the U.S. government is done by contractors. [10:11] Civic work has numerous challenges. You must be prepared for that struggle. [12:30] Victor talks about finding and working with good people. [15:02] Why Victor uses the term radical participatory design to describe what he does. [16:19] The three main characteristics of the projects Victor works on. [17:08] Why the choice of facilitator is so important. [17:48] Professional designers can underestimate the skills and expertise of the community they are working with. [18:57] The process Victor uses to help community members feel comfortable with leading and facilitating. [21:45] Shifting from problem- and need-based methodologies to asset- and place-based methodologies. [23:30] Victor talks about a community he's working with to create a socially-equitable and racially-just Parent-Teacher Association. [23:42] The Sustained Dialogue methodology. [26:53] The correlation between poverty and the absence of healthy relationships. [27:50] How Victor defines poverty. [28:56] A Miro Moment. [32:18] The effect of relationships on the design space and beyond. [36:41] Viewing school as a service. [40:16] Going beyond human needs. [42:17] How might we create environments that facilitate learning well? [44:39] Making a shift from student-centered to student-led. [45:29] Building innovation and flexibility into institutions. [47:24] “The end of solutions.” [49:44] Solving is not “one and done,” especially when working with complex systems. [52:50] Books and resources Victor recommends. [58:01] Dawan talks about Victor's article, Radical Participatory Design (link is below). Links Victor on LinkedIn Victor on the Federation of American Scientists Victor on ResearchGate Victor on the Service Design Network Control the Room: Victor Udoewa: Giving Up Power In Your Space Guest Lecture - Dr Victor Udoewa - Participatory Design: A Digital Literacy Case Study | UMD iSchool Relating Systems Thinking and Design Association for Community Design – Chicago conference Life Centered Design School Radical Participatory Design: Awareness of Participation, by Victor Udoewa   Book Recommendations Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, by Linda Tuhiwai Smith Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods, by Shawn Wilson Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows and Diana Wright The Non-Human Persona Guide: How to create and use personas for nature and invisible humans to respect their needs during design, by Damien Lutz My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds, by Arturo Escobar   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Facilitation + Remote Teams + Miro with Shipra Kayan — DT101 E121 Collaboration + Facilitation + Workshops with Austin Govella — DT101 E83 Designing Facilitation: A System for Creating and Leading Exceptional Events // ALD 006 — DT101 E73    

Victor Udoewa works in the Office of Public Health Data Surveillance and Technology at the CDC. Previously, he worked at the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs at NASA, as well as at 18F and Google. We talk about his journey into design and leadership, the role of design in the civic space, radical participatory design, and orchestrating relationships in complex systems. Listen to learn about: >> Civic design and social impact design >> Radical participatory design and working with the people and communities you're serving >> The effect of relationships on systems >> The fallacy of problem solving Our Guest Victor Udoewa works in the Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology (OPHDST) at the CDC. He previously served as CTO, CXO, and Service Design Lead of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at NASA. He was the Director of Strategy at 18F, a civic consultancy for the federal government inside the federal government. He led the digital strategy practice and served as a designer and strategist on projects. Previously, as a Global Education Instructional Designer and Training Development Specialist at Google, he designed learning products and services for people in low-to-middle-income countries around the world. Show Highlights [01:07] Victor started out in aerospace engineering, building computer models. [03:44] How one summer in El Salvador working on composting latrines changed everything. [06:05] Wanting his work to make a positive difference. [06:22] Becoming a science and technology policy advisor for the government. [06:38] Moving to the UK and designing educational products and services focused around literacy. [06:57] Coming back to government work as a civic designer and innovator. [08:39] Civic design and designing for social impact. [09:19] Much of the work of the U.S. government is done by contractors. [10:11] Civic work has numerous challenges. You must be prepared for that struggle. [12:30] Victor talks about finding and working with good people. [15:02] Why Victor uses the term radical participatory design to describe what he does. [16:19] The three main characteristics of the projects Victor works on. [17:08] Why the choice of facilitator is so important. [17:48] Professional designers can underestimate the skills and expertise of the community they are working with. [18:57] The process Victor uses to help community members feel comfortable with leading and facilitating. [21:45] Shifting from problem- and need-based methodologies to asset- and place-based methodologies. [23:30] Victor talks about a community he's working with to create a socially-equitable and racially-just Parent-Teacher Association. [23:42] The Sustained Dialogue methodology. [26:53] The correlation between poverty and the absence of healthy relationships. [27:50] How Victor defines poverty. [28:56] A Miro Moment. [32:18] The effect of relationships on the design space and beyond. [36:41] Viewing school as a service. [40:16] Going beyond human needs. [42:17] How might we create environments that facilitate learning well? [44:39] Making a shift from student-centered to student-led. [45:29] Building innovation and flexibility into institutions. [47:24] “The end of solutions.” [49:44] Solving is not “one and done,” especially when working with complex systems. [52:50] Books and resources Victor recommends. [58:01] Dawan talks about Victor's article, Radical Participatory Design (link is below). Links Victor on LinkedIn Victor on the Federation of American Scientists Victor on ResearchGate Victor on the Service Design Network Control the Room: Victor Udoewa: Giving Up Power In Your Space Guest Lecture - Dr Victor Udoewa - Participatory Design: A Digital Literacy Case Study | UMD iSchool Relating Systems Thinking and Design Association for Community Design – Chicago conference Life Centered Design School Radical Participatory Design: Awareness of Participation, by Victor Udoewa   Book Recommendations Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples, by Linda Tuhiwai Smith Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods, by Shawn Wilson Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows and Diana Wright The Non-Human Persona Guide: How to create and use personas for nature and invisible humans to respect their needs during design, by Damien Lutz My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds, by Arturo Escobar   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Facilitation + Remote Teams + Miro with Shipra Kayan — DT101 E121 Collaboration + Facilitation + Workshops with Austin Govella — DT101 E83 Designing Facilitation: A System for Creating and Leading Exceptional Events // ALD 006 — DT101 E73    

Al terminar el 2022 pregunté a los miembros de la Biblioteca Polymata cuáles eran los libros que más les habían gustado hasta el momento. Los más votados fueron los siguientes: 1. Pensar en Sistemas de Donella H. Meadows 2. El Gen Egoísta de Richard Dawkins 3. Los Peligros de la Moralidad de Pablo Malo Antes de empezar a leer cada libro de la Biblioteca, preparo una reseña que tiene como objetivo motivar a los aprendices de polímata a leer el libro y que le saquen el máximo partido. Hoy voy a compartir contigo las reseñas de estas tres obras maestras. Espero que te animen a leer alguno de los libros y, por qué no, a apuntarte a la Biblioteca para seguir leyendo maravillas como estas con los más de 200 miembros de la Comunidad.

On this episode of Defence Deconstructed, David Perry talks to Mark McWhinney about the need to connect Canadian Coast Guard Icebreakers to C4ISR. Defence Deconstructed is brought to you by Irving Shipbuilding and Davie Shipyard Participant's bio: Mark McWhinney is a PhD Student at Carleton University and a CGAI Fellow. Host Bio Dr. David Perry is President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute – https://www.cgai.ca/david_perry Read: "Connecting Icebreakers to C4ISR: Ensuring the Canadian Coast Guard Doesn't 'Miss the Boat'" by Mark McWhinney – https://www.cgai.ca/connecting_icebreakers_to_c4isr_ensuring_the_canadian_coast_guard_doesnt_miss_the_boat Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows – https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/thinking-in-systems/ Recording Date: 27 Apr 2023 Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine. Music credits to Drew Phillips

In 1972, four scientists – Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, William W. Behrens III – published a book called The Limits To Growth, about planetary limits based on a new computer model called World3. It was attacked by journalists, scientists, and economists who claimed it was making faulty predictions based on untested hypotheses, and was often rejected in highly emotional terms by a society that wanted to believe in infinite growth. These attacks accelerated in the 1990s, since models of food and resource scarcity failed, while the 1990s, themselves, were a highly idealistic decade. By 2023, however, it is obvious that the book's core premises – that planetary limits exist, that they will be hit and create fresh limits, and this will likely cause a contraction in the standard of living – are beginning to be vindicated. Yes, the suggested limits to copper, fossil fuels, and food turned out to be far too pessimistic, but modern research suggests that the world is more or less going according to the basic scenarios of the World3 model. In ArtiFact #40, Alex Sheremet is joined by radical climate activist Arnold Schroder of the Fight Like An Animal podcast to discuss “The Limits to Growth” as well as follow-up texts and papers. You can also watch this conversation on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/dh46XiXwwLE Arnold Schroder's website: https://www.againsttheinternet.com/ Arnold Schroder's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/arnold_schroder To get the B Side to this conversation, support us on our Patreon page for patron-only content: https://www.patreon.com/automachination B Side topics: Arnold Schroder's experiences in New Orleans as a teenager; why Alex thinks New Orleans is a symbol of America's future; Portland in the time of Elliott Smith vs. today; issues of gentrification; why seemingly minor variables play major roles in an artist's art; Alex's neighborhood & why some people are targets of crime but not others; political equality vs. cultural elitism; political, psychological, and emotional stakes have heightened in the last few decades; the roles of Arnold / Alex might play in building ideological bridges; what IQ fetishists get wrong; & more Subscribe to the ArtiFact podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3xw2M4D Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wLpqEV Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3dSQXxJ Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/2SVJIxB Podbean: https://bit.ly/3yzLuUo iHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/3AK942L Read more from the automachination universe: https://automachination.com Read Alex's (archived) essays: https://alexsheremet.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/automachination Timestamps: 1:56 – introduction; the response to “The Limits to Growth” over time; from research to the empirical environment; how psychology mediates activism & complacency 9:12 – why “2020” kept coming up as a pivot point in 1972, 2004; how hitting planetary limits diverts capital to externalities as opposed to human welfare; why Arnold Schroder thinks public mobilization won't happen even with poor public outcomes; how charts (as opposed to fundamentals) model potential futures; Gaya Herrington's January 2020 model of how well “The Limits to Growth” tracked 25:23 – which model might best suit empirical reality; the factors behind civilizational collapse; COVID denialism on the Left & Right; total collapse will likely not happen 32:30 – the “stable world” model & conscious choice; why civilizational collapse tends to happen all at once; stagnation, inertia; are Democrats more blameworthy than Republicans for climate inaction; Arnold Schroder on abusive relationships within politics; how polarization worsens problems of collectivization, social cohesion 45:14 – models vs predictions; why readers should appreciate the simple, material rationales in “Limits to Growth”; it's important to identify moments of stagnation; although specific limits change, the concept of planetary limits does not; systems theory & the environment: Jeffrey West's “Scale”; the importance of logarithmic charts 58:04 – consumerism & the nervous system; how forced de-growth in one's everyday life creates space & time; Nietzsche on religious war; the parameters of human nature; radical responsibility 1:11:08 – the world is getting more & more competitive, but over what?; China & population fetishism, population control; Elon Musk vs. Genghis Khan; how environmental issues became coded Left 1:19:44 – assessing the final numbers: 2, 3, or 4 degrees of warming?; the effects of individual milestones; feedback loops & uncertainties; why the survival of the human species is not the actual concern; how “survival” is used as a cudgel to minimize climate concerns 1:28:24 – Degrowth vs. Radical Abundance; understanding the arrow of progress vs. periods of stagnation Tags: #climatechange, #politics, #podcast

We are used to linear thinking - but really nonlinear thinking and systems thinking is what helps in a lot of modern challenges around software architecture. Diana Montalion is an expert on these subjects and applies them to software architecture regularly. She will tell us how nonlinear thinking helps with software architecture and why it is important. Links Software Architecture Gathering Code SAG-SATV-15 for 15% off Diana's Newsletter Diana's Twitter account Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge

Crypto may provide bad actors with yet another channel to launder funds, but could it also provide a unique set of opportunities for KYC and AML professionals to revolutionize their practices and manage risks in new ways? The third and final installment of our Crypto Series welcomes Niels Pedersen, Senior Lecturer of FinTech at The Manchester Metropolitan University, and Laurence Twelvetrees, a multiple time MLRO at crypto-focused businesses.Key discussion points in this episode include:Individual privacy verses blockchain transparencyGlobal financial inclusionDecentralized financeTo learn more about the resources shared in this episode, please check out the following:Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. MeadowsCoinMarketCapEllipticFinancial Technologies: Case Studies in FinTech Innovation by Niels PedersenTo find out how Moody's Analytics KYC solutions can help your organization harness the power of crypto with confidence, please get in touch.

Nickey Skarstad is a Director of Product Management at Duolingo, where she is leading a stealth 0 → 1 product. Prior to Duolingo, she was VP of Product at The Wing, Product Lead at Airbnb, where she led much of the Experiences product team, Product Lead at Shopify, and Director of Product Management at Etsy.—Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:• Mixpanel: https://mixpanel.com/startups• Dovetail: https://dovetailapp.com/lenny• Unit: https://unit.co/lenny—In this episode:[3:32] An overview of Nickey’s career[7:39] What she learned from building product at Airbnb[8:42] How to maintain and operationalize product quality[9:44] Metrics that help you maintain quality[20:08] Which company has most informed her product development approach[21:57] How to structure your product org[24:47] Should you go GM vs. functional[27:18] How you set vision, translate that into goals, and then execute on it[32:30] Brainstorming advice[35:04] How to use OKRs effectively[37:57] How to get better at influence as a PM[41:23] How to know if a decision is a one-way or two-way door[42:29] Second-order decisions, and second-order thinking[46:35] Operationalizing principles[47:17] Getting your team on board with your strategy[49:39] Designing a product review meeting[54:08] Tips for working remotely as a PM[56:44] Lightning round—Where to find Nickey:• Newsletter: https://nickey.substack.com/• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickeyskarstad• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickeyskarstad/• Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickeySkarstad—Referenced:• Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows• Anne Helen Petersen• Superhuman• Loom Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

A Software Architect's role is to contain complexity and an Engineer's role is to manage optionality, but what is a Product Owner's role? To perform at your best you must understand your value creation responsibilities. In this episode we'll explore the primary responsibilities of key roles in software development, the three crucial values that provide significant boosts in morale and productivity, the meaning of technical empathy, foundational principles of leadership and more. On today's episode I am joined by Jeff Doolittle, a Software Architect who has designed software systems for over 25 years. Jeff is a transformational leader providing developer leadership and mentorship to software professionals. He holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, and a Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership. As co-founder and CTO first of a boutique software consultancy, then as CTO in a SaaS start-up serving the Agriculture industry, he has gained deep and broad industry experience. In his free time he plays guitar and spends time with his family. Jeff's ongoing mission is to channel his expertise, experience and energy toward his driving passion: to help make good software professionals great! Connect with Jeff: Personal Website LinkedIn Show notes and helpful resources: The Software Crisis - Edward Dijkstra Conway's Law: Organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure Software Fundamentals: Collected Papers by David L. Parnas - including the topic of Information Hiding Righting Software - Juval Löwy John Ousterthout - A Philosophy of Software Design Software Engineering Radio Podcast Thinking in systems by Donella H. Meadows Jeff's Tao of Software Architecture: An Introduction Article Jeff's Software Leadership Distilled Article Jeff' Leadership Style Matrix Article - Discussing Authoritarian, Familial, Managerial, and Transformational leadership styles through the lens of Empowerment and Clarity Mermaid.js, GraphVis, PlantUML - Tools to build documentation --- Building something cool or solving interesting problems? Want to be on this show? Send me an email at jointhepodcast@unfilteredbuild.com Podcast produced by Unfiltered Build - dream.design.develop.

Today, I am joined by my friend, JP Calcitrai (@jpuhhhh on IG) to talk about further studies applications, research, funding, culture wars, and more! We are about to dip our toes into the unknown but that's one of the main reasons why we have this podcast - to have these conversations that we might not know the most about. JP is a Graduate Student at the University of California, Davis, studying animal behavior and computational social science. He is interested in the evolution of sociality, particularly cooperative behavior. Episode Breakdown: Journey to the path less traveled, a different development from traditional path takers Masters and Doctorate application difference Ph.D. funding, making people invest in your research How science affects contemporary society Any topic of interest always has a field of research Misconception about the scientific method Money and culture wars in your twentys, a Behavioral Ecology Graduate Student's perspective Dichotomy explained Simple and complex systems Nature versus Nurture Thrifty genes and the Gene–culture coevolution Biology, culture, and environment, in constant interplay JP's surprising discoveries in all his learning! Connect with JP on Instagram @jpuhhhh. Learn more about this topic with JP's two recommended pieces of content: Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller Paperback – Illustrated, December 3, 2008, by Donella H. Meadows Lecture Collection | Human Behavioral Biology with Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky -- New episodes every Wednesday! To stay up to date on the podcast you can find us on Instagram @inyourtwentys Need advice? Want to be featured on the show? Just wanna chat? Shoot an email to inyourtwentys@gmail.com Host: Tinah (Tina w/ an H) Ogalo @tinah.ogalo PSSSSSTTT. If you liked the episode, please tell your friends / follow / rate/review - I'd love to hear your thoughts! xx --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inyourtwentys/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inyourtwentys/support

I am speaking today with Thea Snow, Director with the Centre for Public Impact for Australia and New Zealand. Thea's worked previously as a lawyer, a civil servant, and as part of the Nesta Innovation Foundation in the United Kingdom. In our conversation today, we talk about reimagining government and the role of collaboration in that reimagining, about storytelling, sense-making, and imagining, and about complexity in systems change. I'm sure you'll enjoy our conversation. Some links to some of the things we discuss during this episode: Thea SnowNesta – The Innovation FoundationCentre for Public ImpactBook: Thinking in Systems, A Primer by Donella H. MeadowsWebinar: Reimagining Government 2022: An ANZOG and Centre for Public Impact SeriesAustralia and New Zealand School of GovernmentAustralian Centre for Social InnovationCassie RobinsonGeoff MulganOctavia E. ButlerOtto ScharmerHand Up Malee - Collective Impact InitiativeMichael Quinn Patton on Utilization-Focused EvaluationBlog: The (il)logic of legibility - why governments should stop simplifying complex systems by Thea SnowBook: Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. ScottFunding Program: Stronger Places, Stronger PeopleCertainty Artifacts blog by Thea SnowBook: Radical Help by Hilary CottamYour host for the Cool Collaborations podcast is Scott Millar. Scott is the principle of Collaboration Dynamics, where he often works as a "peacemaker" by gathering people with different experiences and values and helping them navigate beyond their differences to tackle complex problems together. 

Sarah Lindblom returns to Dirt Rich today to share four soil health tests that you can do at home to gain insight on the soil's physical, chemical, and biological function. These tests can be valuable to gardeners and farmers at any scale, and can be done using simple materials from your recycling bin: Infiltration test - simulates a 1 inch rain event, demonstrates soil structure and indicates biological activity Slake test - simulates an extreme rain event, demonstrates soil structure and indicates biological activity Earthworm test - Indicates soil biological activity pH test - Helps you track soil acidity Directions for each of these tests and a “Soil Health Report Card” to help you track your results are available on the SFA website. See Sarah demonstrate the tests in this video for a visual walkthrough.  Sarah also gives an overview of how the physical, chemical, and biological components of soil health and function are interconnected, and briefly discusses approaching soil health using systems thinking. The Venn diagram graphic she uses to illustrate is here. Sarah Lindblom operates Solar Fresh Produce in Buffalo, MN and is entering her eighth growing season. She has run a CSA and a farm store and primarily grows produce, herbs, flowers, and raises bees and chickens. She is also the president of the Crow River Chapter of SFA.   Sarah Lindblom, Solar Fresh Produce Katie Feterl, Communications Director, Sustainable Farming Association   Recommended reading: Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows Miraculous Abundance by Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer Permaculture Design by Aranya The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka The Lean Farm: How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency by Ben Hartman   The viewpoints of the speakers expressed within or outside of this episode do not necessarily reflect the goals and mission of SFA. Dirt Rich is produced by the Sustainable Farming Association. Thoughts? Comments? Ideas? Leave us a review, or drop us a line on our Virtual Comment Box.

Guest Ricardo Vazquez Panelists Django Skorupa Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. Django is our panelist today, and joining him as his guest is Ricardo Vazquez, who's the Senior UX Manager at Wealthsimple, bringing UX leadership to trade and invest in crypto product markets. Ricardo tells us what brought him into the world of open source design, how he brings his curiosity and sense of sharing to design, and how he sees open source design as a community. We also find out how he got his start into teaching, he goes in depth about creative storytelling, his passion with design systems, and he shares his ever-recurring career goals. Go ahead and download this episode now to find out more! [00:00:50] Ricardo explains what brought him into the world of open source design, and how he's bringing his curiosity, openness, and sense of sharing to design. [00:02:32] We hear how Ricardo uses Figma for his work. [00:04:32] Ricardo describes how he sees open source design as a community. [00:07:01] We find out more about what Ricardo meant when he mentioned open sourcing creative storytelling, and he talks about the book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. [00:14:04] Ricardo talks about the onus of open source communities and how we have the power to bring transparency to the process. [00:18:27] We hear how Ricardo got into his teaching career. [00:23:36] Django explains how designing is much like painting. [00:24:17] Ricardo shares with us his passion of working with design systems or thinking in systems, and he mentions a great book to read called, Thinking in Systems. [00:29:41] We find out what Ricardo's ever-recurring career goals are. [00:37:30] Ricardo tells us about a podcast he writes for called, Full Hearts. Quotes [00:00:57] “Honestly, it's curiosity that led me to open source design.” [00:05:12] “The open source community is tight, integrated, curious, intelligent, driven, and passionate to advance the collective.” [00:05:38] “I continue to believe in Mozilla's mission that they have about net neutrality, and turning everyone into creators of the web, not just consumers of the web.” [00:07:36] “The more time I've spent in this industry the more I realize that skills are not what lead you to impact change as much as storytelling.” [00:17:03] “The value of open source is about discovering opportunities.” [00:24:27] “Thinking in systems and design systems also allow you to do something very similar with a goal of understanding first and then being able to execute in a very rigorous way.” [00:26:01] “The purpose of a system is to solve problems and create desirable futures.” Spotlight [00:32:57] Ricardo's spotlight is Raycast and a Things Extension by Loris. [00:35:03] Django's spotlight is Penpot. Links Open Source Design Twitter (https://twitter.com/opensrcdesign) Open Source Design (https://opensourcedesign.net/) Sustain Design & UX working group (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/design-ux-working-group/348) SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) Sustain Open Source Twitter (https://twitter.com/sustainoss?lang=en) Django Skorupa Twitter (https://twitter.com/DjangoSkorupa) Ricardo Vazquez Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/rcrdovazquez) Ricardo Vazquez LinkedIn (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/vazquezricardo) Wealthsimple (https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca) Figma (https://www.figma.com/) [The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell](https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Faces-Collected-Joseph-Campbell/dp/1577315936/ref=sr11?crid=1WEWDOPK3FX7R&keywords=the+hero+with+a+thousand+faces&qid=1645563913&s=books&sprefix=the+hero+%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-1) [Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows](https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557/ref=sr11?crid=1RD4TJQGHLTSU&keywords=thinking+in+systems&qid=1645575296&sprefix=thinking+in+systems%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-1) Raycast (https://www.raycast.com/) Things Extension by Loris (Raycast) (https://www.raycast.com/loris/things) Penpot (https://penpot.app/) Full Hearts podcast (https://fullheartspodcast.com/) Credits Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Ricardo Vazquez.

In this episode, our guest host Jake Burns, Enterprise Strategist at AWS had an insightful discussion with Ram Parasuraman, Sr. Director Product Management at Cohesity. Ram draws parallels between his career experiences and  the book “Thinking in systems” by Donella H. Meadows. Why is systems thinking important? How to develop critical thinking in chaos? How to thrive in the information economy by connecting dots between inputs and outcomes?  How to succeed by balancing input, output, and feedback loop within a system? Learn the art and science of data dynamics to deliver the desired outcome and gain 10X growth in your career and life.

Glennette Clark is a UX researcher and an entrepreneur. We talk about UX research, research teams, and UX Camp DC. Listen to learn about: UX research — What is it? The U.S. Digital Service Onboarding new team members Trauma-informed research and design UXCamp DC and the unconference format   Our Guest Glennette Clark is a design researcher at United States Digital Service. She brings human-centered design practices to federal agencies including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She's an adjunct professor at MICA in the Design Leadership program. She founded UXCamps DC & NYC and joined the DC Innovation & Technology Inclusion Council in 2010. Glennette has a Strategic Design MBA from Philadelphia University and BA in journalism from Howard University. She lives in DC with her husband, two children and a dog.   Show Highlights [01:05] Glennette's journey into UX began with a degree in journalism, where she learned the interviewing skills that would serve her later in her research work. [03:01] The difference between moderated and unmoderated interviews. [04:37] What is UX research? [05:08] The importance of interviews in UX research. [06:48] How Glennette uses interviews to help people understand UX research and how to use it. [08:18] The different ways Glennette presents research results depending on the audience. [11:22] Glennette shares one of her favorite research stories. [13:22] Why interviewing people with lived experience is so important when researching. [15:18] Glennette's work with the United States Digital Service. [17:01] Advice for those about to embark on their own problem space research. [17:33] The benefit of “How might we” questions. [19:57] Why the language you use in framing your research matters. [21:37] Trauma-informed design and how it fits into human-centered design. [23:04] Glennette talks about a community design project she worked on. [24:06] Ways to reduce the chance of doing harm when conducting interviews. [26:35] The importance of team health, and what it means to have a healthy team. [29:05] How to help a new person get up and running with a team. [32:09] UXCamp DC's beginning, and where it is now, twenty years later. [34:17] How the “unconference” format works. [35:29] Past presentation topics. [36:22] Glennette's desire to combine community-based design and service design to help community organizations achieve their missions. [39:17] Books and resources Glennette recommends. [42:16] Tools Glennette likes to use in her work.   Links  Glennette on Twitter Glennette on LinkedIn Glennette on MICA Designing with Empathy U.S. Digital Service UXCamp DC Book Recommendation: Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design, by Kat Holmes Book Recommendation: Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows Book Recommendation: 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People, and 100 More Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People, by Susan Weinschenk Book Recommendation: 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School, by Matthew Frederick Book Recommendation: Meeting Design: For Managers, Makers, and Everyone, by Kevin M. Hoffman The Values Deck | A Card Sorting Game to Explore Your Personal Values Creative Whack Pack Innovative Whack Pack IDEO Method Cards   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Design Thinking for the Public Sector + Building and Training Design Thinking Teams with Stephanie Wade — DT101 E14 Teaching Yourself Design Thinking + Innovating in Government with Amy J. Wilson — DT101 E19 Democracy as a Design Problem with Whitney Quesenbery — DT101 E68  

Glennette Clark is a UX researcher and an entrepreneur. We talk about UX research, research teams, and UX Camp DC. Listen to learn about: UX research — What is it? The U.S. Digital Service Onboarding new team members Trauma-informed research and design UXCamp DC and the unconference format   Our Guest Glennette Clark is a design researcher at United States Digital Service. She brings human-centered design practices to federal agencies including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. She's an adjunct professor at MICA in the Design Leadership program. She founded UXCamps DC & NYC and joined the DC Innovation & Technology Inclusion Council in 2010. Glennette has a Strategic Design MBA from Philadelphia University and BA in journalism from Howard University. She lives in DC with her husband, two children and a dog.   Show Highlights [01:05] Glennette's journey into UX began with a degree in journalism, where she learned the interviewing skills that would serve her later in her research work. [03:01] The difference between moderated and unmoderated interviews. [04:37] What is UX research? [05:08] The importance of interviews in UX research. [06:48] How Glennette uses interviews to help people understand UX research and how to use it. [08:18] The different ways Glennette presents research results depending on the audience. [11:22] Glennette shares one of her favorite research stories. [13:22] Why interviewing people with lived experience is so important when researching. [15:18] Glennette's work with the United States Digital Service. [17:01] Advice for those about to embark on their own problem space research. [17:33] The benefit of “How might we” questions. [19:57] Why the language you use in framing your research matters. [21:37] Trauma-informed design and how it fits into human-centered design. [23:04] Glennette talks about a community design project she worked on. [24:06] Ways to reduce the chance of doing harm when conducting interviews. [26:35] The importance of team health, and what it means to have a healthy team. [29:05] How to help a new person get up and running with a team. [32:09] UXCamp DC's beginning, and where it is now, twenty years later. [34:17] How the “unconference” format works. [35:29] Past presentation topics. [36:22] Glennette's desire to combine community-based design and service design to help community organizations achieve their missions. [39:17] Books and resources Glennette recommends. [42:16] Tools Glennette likes to use in her work.   Links  Glennette on Twitter Glennette on LinkedIn Glennette on MICA Designing with Empathy U.S. Digital Service UXCamp DC Book Recommendation: Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design, by Kat Holmes Book Recommendation: Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows Book Recommendation: 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People, and 100 More Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People, by Susan Weinschenk Book Recommendation: 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School, by Matthew Frederick Book Recommendation: Meeting Design: For Managers, Makers, and Everyone, by Kevin M. Hoffman The Values Deck | A Card Sorting Game to Explore Your Personal Values Creative Whack Pack Innovative Whack Pack IDEO Method Cards   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Design Thinking for the Public Sector + Building and Training Design Thinking Teams with Stephanie Wade — DT101 E14 Teaching Yourself Design Thinking + Innovating in Government with Amy J. Wilson — DT101 E19 Democracy as a Design Problem with Whitney Quesenbery — DT101 E68  

Software Development Coach, Chris R. Chapman, joins the balenaPodcast to talk about what next-gen engineering leaders need to build better organizations. Chapman discusses why systems thinking is critical for any new leader, as well as applying psychology and empathy into the mix. He reminds us of the management thinking of luminaries like Deming, Ackoff, Taguchi, and more, while encouraging new leaders to help modernize those principles to help build better businesses for the future. Hosted by Alexandros Marinos, Founder and CEO of balena. Interesting Links: Chris R. Chapman on Twitter, LinkedIn Digestible Deming Substack The Methods and Motivations of balena's Organizational Structure Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge Deming Institute Thinking in Systems, Donella H. Meadows Steven Sinofsky-- Don't ship your org chart Gore lattice system Valve employee handbook https://hbr.org/1986/01/the-new-new-product-development-game (Takeuchi, Nonaka) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_L._Ackoff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_M._Goldratt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Senge https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/the-fundamental-attribution-error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Tribus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Sarasohn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taguchi_loss_function --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/balenaio/message

In this episode, Leah and Melissa are joined by Texas mother of ten, Laura Hernandez.  Like many mothers, Laura was frequently finding herself in need of simpler household management strategies.  After discovering many ways to create a more structured and peaceful home, Laura decided to share her expertise with others.  Thus, she created Mama Systems, a customized coaching service for moms in need of help creating routines and expectations within their families and their homes.  Laura's description of her own family's routines and rhythms puts systems into a new perspective, including schedules, emotional regulation, household duties, spatial organization, and managing the needs of children with disabilities. The Book Blurb in this episode comes from Thinking in Systems by environmental scientist, Donella H. Meadows.  For more on this author, visit The Donella Meadows Project.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Instagram!

First, we bought PukeCookies.com~! Tell us what we should do with the website. This, of course, leads to a discussion on disrupting the assassination market and Ross Ulbricht of The Silk Road fame. Then it's onto a listener question: How does Bitcoin help poor people? This includes a discussion on inflation, set monetary rules, dollar-cost averaging, saving in the dollar vs Bitcoin, why someone should invest in Bitcoin instead of altcoins, and whether the politicians who created our system were nefarious. Then it's on a discussion on Layer 2 (L2) scaling of Bitcoin and whether the recent ban of mining by China was good or bad for Bitcoin. If you want to dive deeper into how Bitcoin will scale check out Layered Money by Nik Bhatia. Don't forget to watch Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ and read Thinking In Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows. Lastly, hit us up on Twitter with any of your questions or just to say hi: Nate, Luc, & the Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/idratherberight/message

Si te ha gustado el capítulo, suscríbete a nuestra newsletter y recibe Píldoras de Sabiduría cada domingo: https://www.polymatas.com/newsletter-pildoras-de-sabiduria/ Hoy cierro esta serie sobre sistemas complejos. Seguramente lo retomaré en el futuro ya que el tema da para mucho. En la primera parte de este artículo, hablé sobre 6 palancas para influir en un sistema complejo que Donella H. Meadows proponía en un ensayo de 1997. Eran las 6 palancas que según Meadows tenían menos efectividad aunque eran las que más se solían utilizar. Algunas de sus propuestas eran cambiar la estructura física del sistema o modificar los bucles de retroalimentación. Hoy nos metemos de lleno con las 6 palancas más efectivas. Para ilustrarlas y que sea más práctico, seguiré usando el ejemplo de la empresa ACME y propondré formas de usar cada palanca para que vuelva a ser una empresa reconocida por su reserva de talento. Te recuerdo que ACME es una consultora que quiere atraer profesionales con talento porque en los últimos años ha perdido muchos consultores clave y eso está poniendo en peligro su supervivencia. Si eres nuevo en Polymatas y nunca has oído hablar de sistemas complejos, te será muy útil leer los primeros artículos de la serie: Una introducción a los sistemas complejos, El arduo camino hacia el pensamiento complejo y los Los 12 hábitos del pensador sistémico y, por supuesto, la primera parte de este artículo. A continuación vamos a repasar las 6 palancas más efectivas para influir en un sistema de la menos efectiva a la más efectiva. Leer el artículo con las referencias a libros y estudios en https://www.polymatas.com/12-palancas-influir-sistema-complejo-2

Si te ha gustado el capítulo, suscríbete a nuestra newsletter y recibe Píldoras de Sabiduría cada domingo: https://www.polymatas.com/newsletter-pildoras-de-sabiduria/ En los últimos meses he hecho una introducción a los sistemas complejos, hemos hablado sobre las dificultades que nos encontramos en el camino hacia el pensamiento complejo y también de los hábitos de los pensadores sistémicos. En los próximos dos capítulos vamos a cerrar la serie sobre la complejidad entrando de lleno en la aplicación práctica. Y lo vamos a hacer de la mano de Donella H. Meadows, una de las pioneras de la Dinámica de Sistemas y la escritora de mi libro de cabecera: Thinking in Systems. Meadows escribió un ensayo en 1997 sobre las palancas principales que tenemos para influir en un sistema complejo. De todo lo que he leído sobre las ciencias de la complejidad, este breve ensayo es el que tiene una aplicación más práctica. Donella propone 12 palancas que podemos empujar para modificar el comportamiento de un sistema. A continuación, analizaré las 6 primeras a través de un ejemplo real. ¡Empecemos! Leer el artículo con las referencias a libros y estudios en https://www.polymatas.com/12-palancas-influir-sistema-complejo-1

We can't impose our will on a system. We can listen to what the system tells us, and discover how its properties and our values can work together to bring forth something much better than could ever be produced by our will alone - Donella H. Meadows. God is a God of systems and structures. It takes principles to make you a principal and a master in life. God has given us the believers everything that pertains to life and godliness, but our taking of such reality will be through knowledge and the actions we take.

In this episode, our guest Trond Hjorteland is challenged with the heuristic “Complex systems evolve out of simple systems that worked” from Embedded Artistry repository (https://embeddedartistry.com/blog/2018/04/26/embedded-rules-of-thumb/). We discussed how communication is important, and moving from the big picture to code and back. He shares the techniques and practices to have crucial discussions with people with different perspectives involved in the creation of software. Trond recommends the following resources: Anything from Umberto Eco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco) Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows Ackoff's Best: His Classic Writings on Management by Russell l. Ackoff The Infinite Monkey Cage podcast The Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast Trond (@trondhjort) is an IT architect and aspiring sociotechnical systems designer from the consulting firm Scienta.no and has many years experience with large, complex, and business-critical systems, primarily as a developer and architect on middleware and backend applications. His main interests are service-orientation, domain-driven design, event-driven architectures, and sociotechnical systems, working in industries like telecom, media, TV, and public sector. Mantra: Great products emerge from collaborative sensemaking and design.    

Este episodio es el primero de una serie dentro del podcast en la que descubriremos diferentes movimientos por el clima, porque la acción climática es una gran parte de lo que podemos hacer en nuestro día a día. Hoy conoceremos a Fridays For Future Barcelona, descubriremos cómo actúan y cómo podéis uniros a ellos. Para ello ha colaborado en este episodio Dan Vivas, estudiante y activista de Fridays. Mil gracias a Dan y a Fridays For Future por querer colaborar en este episodio. ¡Muchas gracias por escucharme! Recuerda subscribirte para enterarte de los nuevos episodios. Además, ahora puedes seguir al podcast en Instagram (@ecominimal.podcast) y unirte al canal de Telegram (@ecominimalpodcast) para enterarte de las novedades sobre el podcast a tiempo real y descubrir pistas sobre los próximos episodios. Mencionados - Fridays For Future Barcelona: http://bit.ly/IgFFFbcn - Cantante Birch: http://bit.ly/IgBirchh - Acción “AmazOFF”: http://bit.ly/FFFAmazOFF - Libro “Ecofeminismo” de Vandana Shiva y Maria Mies: http://bit.ly/EcofeminismoLibro - Libro “Limits to growth” de Donella H. Meadows & Co. : http://bit.ly/limitsWikiLibro - Extinción Rebelión España: http://bit.ly/XR_IG_ES RRSS y contacto 📷 Instagram @ecominimal.podcast: http://bit.ly/ecominimalIG 📣 Canal de Telegram @ecominimalpodcast: https://t.me/ecominimalpodcast 📧 Correo electrónico: ecominimalpodcast@gmail.com Créditos de la música 🎶Canción inicial: Longing by Joakim Karud https://bit.ly/linkjoakim Music promoted by Audio Library https://bit.ly/AudLibraryLink 🎵Canción final: Warm Nights de Lakey Inspired: https://bit.ly/linklakey Licencia para el uso comercial: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported “Share Alike” (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://bit.ly/CClakey ¿Por qué Ecominimal? El nombre que lleva este podcast surge del término eco-minimalismo, acuñado y creado por la youtuber Shelbizleee. Según ella, el eco-minimalismo consiste en poner en práctica el minimalismo desde una perspectiva ecológica. Para el podcast escogí el nombre Ecominimal por su relación con las temáticas ecológicas y minimalistas que se tratan. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Terri Herbert is a design researcher and experienced research manager at Asana. She's fascinated by the complexity of the world of work and interested in researching and modeling complex systems involving people and technology. We talk about doing good design research, ways to ensure design research outputs are used effectively, and how a design researcher supports a team throughout the design process. Show Host: Dawan Stanford  Show Summary Terri's journey into design research began in the business world of marketing and communications strategy, where she often worked with survey results and collected data. It was there she first came into contact with the concept of user experience and began to use some design thinking ideas in the iterative process of finding solutions. This led her into UX design and she went back to university for a Master's degree in human-computer interaction. During this time, she discovered her love of research and modeling systems, which has been a part of her work ever since. At Asana, Terri's focus is on understanding how people work together as a team, and on providing ways for teams to work better together. As part of this, she studies team dynamics and team behavior, and looks at individual team member's skills and abilities. She uses what she learns to motivate team behaviors that foster and maintain a high-functioning work environment. We'll hear more about design research and how Terri uses it to discover insights about how we work, and how she and her team strive to make their research accessible and easy to understand for those who need its insights, and the importance of seeing research itself as dynamic and never-ending. Listen in to learn more about: What design research is How team dynamics affects a team's ability to perform and succeed Tools Terri uses to help people connect with and understand her research Ways design and design research are changing as a result of the current health crisis The importance of revisiting and refreshing design research as conditions evolve and change Our Guest's Bio Terri is a design researcher and systems thinker fascinated by the complexity of the world of work. At Asana, a leading work management platform for teams, she heads up research focused on helping teams adopt better work practices. Her background in group and system dynamics, collaboration, and interaction design enables her to apply theory for impact in the real world. Terri holds an MSc in Human-Computer Interaction and has worked with organizations across e-commerce, culture and tourism, transportation services, agriculture, and more. Show Highlights [01:07] Terri talks about how she got into design research as a career. [02:57] A high-level look at the work Terri does at Asana. [04:40] How Terri structures her research when she's studying team dynamics. [05:20] Secondary research sources that are part of Terri's work. [06:01] Understanding a team's dynamics is the key to improving how a team can work together better. [07:10] Ways Terri and her team ensure the outputs of their research are understood and used effectively by stakeholders. [08:05] Question mapping as a way to find the key questions and concerns the stakeholders have about the problem space. [10:09] Terri talks more about how design research gets applied in real contexts. [10:15] How Terri uses the discovery debrief to provide a team with tools for thinking and action as they move forward in the problem space. [10:43] Helping the team narrow the scope and bring the problem space into focus. [12:27] The benefits of role-blending in work environments when it comes to working as a team in the design problem space. [12:56] How Terri works through situations where she meets resistance to her findings and insights. [13:09] Using the opportunity tree tool to ensure the team's work is actually going to address the identified problem. [14:48] Methods and tools Terri uses to help teams understand and connect with the research. [15:25] The value in revisiting earlier research on a regular basis to spot trends and long-term insights. [16:35] Research is not a static, permanent object; it is dynamic, always needing refreshing in response to change. [18:16] How Terri's research team has been impacted during the COVID-19 health crisis. [20:00] The virtual tools and frameworks Terri's using in her work now. [20:56] The opportunities and insights occurring in design research as a result of the health crisis. [23:52] Terri talks about wanting easier ways to help people get past their biases to allow them to go deeper into their own motivations and behaviors. [26:01] Resources Terri recommends for those interested in design research and design thinking. [29:29] How to find out more about Terri and her work.     Links   Her Twitter Her LinkedIn Terri on Medium Asana Getting Emotional: Our first steps with affective interactionBook Recommendation: The Social Life of Information, by John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid, and David WeinbergerBook Recommendation: The Service Innovation Handbook: Action-oriented Creative Thinking Toolkit for Service Organizations, by Lucy KimbellBook Recommendation: Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows and Diana Wright Book Recommendation: The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence, by Dacher Keltner Book Recommendation: Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don't Agree with or Like or Trust, by Adam Kahane Book Recommendation: Turning People into Teams: Rituals and Routines That Redesign How We Work, by Mary and David Sherwin     Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like   Problem Spaces, Understanding How People Think, and Practical Empathy with Indi Young — DT101 E6   Design Thinking + Learning Science with Adam Royalty — DT101 E18   Designing Your Team + Teams in Design Education + Coaching Design Teams with Mary Sherwin and David Sherwin — DT101 E49    ________________   Thank you for listening to the show and looking at the show notes. Send your questions, suggestions, and guest ideas to Dawan and the Fluid Hive team. Cheers ~ Dawan   Free Download — Design Driven Innovation: Avoid Innovation Traps with These 9 Steps   Innovation Smart Start Webinar — Take your innovation projects from frantic to focused!

Garrett Smiley, Co-Founder of Sora Schools – an innovative, online high school where students explore their interests, learn however is best for them, and gain valuable exposure to future careers and fields of work. ----- Topics discussed in this episode: - What is Sora? - Why did you start it? - At what point did you look at the system and realize that there was a business opportunity to do something different? - Why there aren't a lot of options for alternative high-school options - The beginning years of Sora and how it works - How does Sora's student level of satisfaction compare to "traditional" school - How Sora handles socialization while being completely online How do you handle the common arguments and questions that parents have? Learn more about Garrett and Sora below: Garrett's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gw_smiles Garrett's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwsmiley/ Sora Schools: https://soraschools.com/ Sora's Website: https://twitter.com/soraschools Books referenced: Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H. Meadows: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557 ----- Praxis is a 6-month bootcamp that results in a full-time job at a startup. Learn more at: http://discoverpraxis.com/ Apply now at: https://www.discoverpraxis.com/apply

Introduction: John Hill is an accredited Executive Coach and Training specialist. He is a faculty member with the Academy of Executive Coaching and teaches on their Master Systemic Team Coaching Diploma. He has two particular interests in his work, 1. Build awareness systemically and 2. Develop personal and collective psychological capital in groups, teams and organisations.    Podcast episode summary: John illuminated the important systemic nature of teams. He littered this show with many references and stories showcasing what it means to think systemically. He shared why he thinks thinking systemically is important and how it shapes the work and behaviours on teams.  He also demonstrated the interlink between emotions, psychology and transformational change. Sometimes, according to John we simply have to look awry and with curiosity to get at different results.    Noteworthy points of discussion We are all each of us affected by the many and varying systems in which we live Maybe we have to do a better job of reintegrating the many disparate ways we look at the world John cited the increasing need for teams today, teams are the units of currency or building blocks for great organisational performance  John shared a metaphor that describes his approach to team coaching. He sees teams as rivers in flow with a direction and many influences in the form of tributaries. As a team coach he is the rock that the team needs to navigate, be with and be disrupted by.  John described his process of engagement with teams, a model used by Professor Peter Hawkins called the CID-CLEAR model.  John uses himself as an instrument of change. He is pragmatic, down to earth and real and he helps the team clarify their expectations together, the outcomes they wish to achieve in a very vivid manner.  All teams are complex. “There is nothing more complicated than when it is looked at with fresh eyes doesn't become more complicated” Donella Meadows  A survey conducted by Conference Board of New York showed how job satisfaction and engagement at work was affected by feelings, how we feel about our manager and how we feel about the people with whom we worked largely impacts engagement.  John helps teams become intelligent about their emotions; he also helps people become adept at looking at their thinking.  He often employs a CBT approach to thinking about thinking. He described the Ellis model or ABCDE model, where if we can dispute the beliefs (the B in the model) we can change our thinking.  Similarly, John shared the work of Lex Sisney, an organisational coach who says, “it is not a problem to be solved but a polarity to be managed.” John described his approach to team engagement which often encompasses some form of somatic work and embodied work for insight and thinking  Team Coaching is a blend of facilitation, coaching, teaching and systems sight According to Professor Alice Roberts the evolution of Homo Sapiens versus Neanderthals amounted to an ability by Homo Sapiens to collaborate. The degree of change happening today requires greater levels of collaboration.  Teams need to come together to explore the skills, experiences and judgements that they can better use together than apart.  Katzenbach and Smith is a good book and great primer for people to consider the work of teams.  John shared his view that teams need to treat their purpose as if it were a baby to be nurtured. He also said we could think about changing the word purpose from a noun into a verb and start thinking about how we are purposing in our meetings, time together etc… Teams need to think more systemically and ask questions such as “what would our stakeholders ask of us” what does the future generation require of this team today?”    Resources: the following include the resources we alluded to over the course of our conversation Donella H. Meadows (2008) Thinking in Systems:  A Primer  William R. Torbert, Action Inquiry: The Secret of Timely and Transforming Leadership  Peter Hawkins, CID -Clear Model as described in Leadership Team Coaching  Albert Ellis ABC theory developed into an ABCDE framework found at albertellis.org  Johari Window created by Joseph Luft and Harrington Inghram in 1955 Lex Sisney, The science of growing businesses  Professor Alice Roberts. Tamed, Ten Species that changed our world  Katzenback, JR. Smith, K. The Wisdom of Teams  www.aoec.com 

I'm excited for every podcast I produce but this one is particularly special. Andrew and I were both military musicians before transitioning to business and we shared many similar fears when making the jump. Andrew now makes his living as a Brand Manager for Proctor and Gamble, a Fortune 500 company and one of the most recognizable and far-reaching business in the world.This episode is packed with useful information for anyone looking to change careers but, spoiler alert, Andrew's music career is still alive and well! Maybe you can have it all. His show is definitely worth a listen and I hope you enjoy his thoughts on music, business, and marketing's function within an organization.If you'd like to find Andrew on social media:Twitter: @CaptainMoonshotInstagram: @aduncan412Or me:Instagram: @justinlerma1Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/justin-ryan-lerma-5a1507146/And if you'd like more information on the book list he provides, look here:The Dip by Seth Godin: buyLetters from a Stoic by Seneca (good news - this is FREE online! https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday buy  Thinking in Systems: a Primer by Donella H. Meadows buyThinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman buy 

2:55 - Introducing Joseph Mastey and Jill Lynch Enova 3:20 - The origins of Enova’s apprenticeship program 6:20 - Creating and teaching the curriculum Rails Guide to Active Support Code School 11:05 - Realities of implementing an apprenticeship program 15:30 - Jill’s experience 21:10 - Feedback processes 22:50 - Advice for setting up an apprenticeship program 24:20 - Ideal candidates and mentors Women Who Code Code2040 Girl Develop It 28:05 - Apprenticeship and new hire diversity 28:45 - Experimenting with bias, communication, and engagement 33:20 - Do trainees take too much time away from regular employees? 37:05 - Teaching the codebase 39:50 - Firing apprentices 42:05 - Advantages of working at a lucrative company 45:45 - Learning outside the program Edx Coursera 47:40 - Breaking into the industry Email panel@rubyrouges.com with your experiences 58:10 - Who decides the circle? Picks: Ruby Tapas (Avdi) Nozbe (Avdi) Postach.io (Avdi) Neo4j (Caroline) Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows (Caroline) DeskTime (Charles) “Codes of Conduct 101 + FAQ” post by Ashe Dryden (Joe) The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak (Joe) Practical Object-Oriented Design by Sandi Metz (Jill) Edx CS50 Class (Jill)