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VSM7 Walkthrough
A first step towards an open-source VSM software Applying the Viable System Model is hard. But there is the 7-step methodology of Martin Pfiffner, which was a true revelation to me. Honestly, I think this is the smartest way to apply the VSM (in the corporate world) because it entangles the complexity of the theory…
Reconstructing a forgotten success engine: How Germany dominated the dye industry
Can we learn from past success in times of technological acceleration? If you zoom into the history of the German chemical dye industry between 1856 and 1914, you do not just see a handful of clever chemists and lucky patents. You see a machine. It is a dense web of feedback loops in which universities,…
Pattern Recognition
Parrots, Patterns, and the Politics of Novelty: Thinking with Machines in a World That Thinks Back Disclaimer: The paradox is seductive because it mirrors the very complexity it seeks to describe: On the one hand, those who are deep into complexity science celebrate pattern recognition as a way of sensing the morphing contours of situations…
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