As an industry we continuously forget what we have learned
In this post I want to discuss an issue that I, being for a longer time in IT meanwhile, observe over and over again. It is the observation that as an industry we continuously forget what we have learned.
How IT and the rest of the world drift apart
A few days ago, I saw the following job advertisement creating a lot of mockery in the Internet:
Why you should prefer capability models
I wanted to give you a short break from my “Simplify!” blog series. Well, admittedly, I also needed a little break … ;)
Wise words from Russell Ackoff regarding systems thinking and quality improvement – and what we can learn from them
A few days ago I rediscovered a short presentation that Dr. Russell Ackoff gave in 1994. The recording of this presentation was titled “If Russ Ackoff had given a TED talk…” on YouTube. The presentation is really short – just 12 minutes. But it contains a lot of wisdom, probably too much to understand it all at once.
Understanding the power and limitations of model building
I work with models a lot. I use them to make real-world effects better comprehensible and thus enable pondering them. When sharing such a model with other people, every once in a while someone cites
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I'm Uwe, travelling the world of IT for many years. Worked in many roles in and around IT. Sharing my thought, ideas and insights here. Explorer. Connector. Sharer. Coder. Writer. Human. More. Order may vary.
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