Category: Systems Thinking
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Why Nations Fail – Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson
I could relate the content with ST, particularly DM’s philosophy. The authors give many examples but one in particular gives the essences of a place called Nogales which is prosperous on one side where in poverty on the other side.They attribute it to two primary theories One leads to virtuous feeback circles where as the…
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How do you prolong a product’s valuable lifetime?
If you look objectively, the actual business interests of the initiative are after MR. Hence the longer the product is in the market the better. Even during the architecting phase one should keep that perspective to ensure market longevity of the product. In a disruptive environment, having a capable, scalable and resilient hardware with field…
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Sustainable happiness
I asked Perplexity GPT to apply the 5 why to “why should one earn a lot of money?”, here’s it’s response Would the world be a better place if we make point 5 as a priority for our children from childhood? Is it practical to do so? In this Katha Upanishad video Swami Sarvapriyananda quotes…
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A note on Systems Thinking, Systems Engineering, and Systems Architecting
To understand systems thinking, one must first gather the understanding of what a “system” means. A system is a combination of elements interconnected in a manner to achieve a specific purpose. Sometimes these elements are intelligent (agents) and their interactions are dynamic which lead to complex systems. Complex systems evolve over time to perform something…
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MBSE (Arcadia Method) driven System Architecting
During the month of May’24 I had the opportunity to attend the INCOSE’s MBSE & AI Summit in Hyderabad. It was a very humbling experience for me to listen to some of the distinguished speakers like Dr. Ramki Raman and Mr. Dave Snowden. Amongst many, one key take away was about the MBSE tool Capella…
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Thinking in Systems, A Primer by D. Meadows
Thinking in Systems, A Primer, ISBN: 978-1603580557
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Applying systems thinking philosophy to product development for resilience in a disruptive world
In a world where the overall life span of products and even businesses is diminishing [1], to survive and sustain growth it becomes important to view things holistically [2]. A myopic, short-term view not only would increase the chances of being disrupted but also may cause damage to the larger system (market, environment, etc.) as…