Have you found the “One Thing”? I have. Lots of them.

Have you found the “One Thing”? I have. Lots of them.

Have you found the “One Thing”? I have. Lots of them. I’d found it. The One Thing. It was Microsoft Access. Yes! No laughing at the back. Microsoft Access. In 1997, I’d been working as a financial analyst at Chase Manhattan for three months. Every day I had to grapple...
Why is writing about complexity and systems so hard?

Why is writing about complexity and systems so hard?

Why is writing about complexity and systems so hard? Writing about anything is difficult. How to describe people, places and things in an engaging and useful way is the problem facing any non-fiction writer. But we who write about complexity and systems have it much...
If I’d read the other book, I wouldn’t be me

If I’d read the other book, I wouldn’t be me

If I’d read the other book, I wouldn’t be me Please don’t recommend any books to me because I’ll want to read them. But luckily, in 2000, I read the wrong book. I was a software team leader in a bank. I had discovered Extreme Programming (XP) and was introducing it to...
Could complexity and systems thinking save the world?

Could complexity and systems thinking save the world?

Could complexity and systems thinking save the world? If more people knew a little more about complexity and systems thinking, we could resolve our biggest problems. But there aren’t enough books about this that are accessible and readable. There are some fascinating,...
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