I look forward to returning to Berlin and the wonderful #kanDDDinsky conference this week. It is one of my definitive highlights of the year, and I am really happy to be able to speak there again. This time, I will challenge the approach many companies have to what they regard as self-organisation, like when attempting an agile transformation, like rolling out Team Topologies or similar attempts at "empowerment."

Decades of research in the social sciences have clearly shown how this ought to be done. Unfortunately, most in the IT industry seem to be ignorant of this. Hope to change that. It is surprisingly easy, but it will require systemic changes in thinking. 😊

#systemsThinking #sociotechnical #selfOrganisation #agile #teamTopologies #orgDesign #KanDDDinsky

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Poster of Trond Hjorteland's talk at KanDDDinsky 2025.

When immigration officers "review" multiple 200-page applications simultaneously in under a minute, you're witnessing Goodhart's Law in action. 📊

Canada's visa backlog "solution" created a new appeals backlog by measuring only speed, ignoring quality & fairness.

Single metrics are dangerous. Balance matters.
https://agilepainrelief.com/blog/mismeasurement-mess-ircc-leads-the-way-in-measuring-the-wrong-thing/
#Metrics #SystemsThinking

We've scheduled our next session.

Trond Hjorteland will introduce systems thinking to help us see the forest for the trees. A look at how a holistic perspective can help us handle complexity and understand our part in the bigger picture.

Join us on 4 November, 08:00 UTC+13.

#DDD #SystemsThinking #Complexity

https://virtualddd.com/sessions/see-the-forest-for-the-trees-trond-hjorteland/

What I’ve been reading this week ending 28 September 2025 https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-this-week-ending-28-september-2025-d30152a2edc2 #AI #psychology #SoftwareEngineering #probability #SystemsThinking

Recording of my intro talk on systems thinking at #JavaZone earlier today. In Norwegian this time. The longer English version will be available from DDD Europe soon, I hope.

https://vimeo.com/1115921379
#systemsThinking #OpenSystemsTheory

What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 24 August 2025 https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-24-august-2025-8681649d3972 #leadership #SystemsThinking #MarkovChains #innovation

Why You Need #SystemsThinking Now https://hbr.org/2025/09/why-you-need-systems-thinking-now?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_weekly&utm_campaign=weeklyhotlist_&deliveryName=NL_WeeklyHotlist_20250818

@juliette @CorinnaBaldauf it occurs to me that, perhaps, those who insist AI is "saving time" have not learned to "see" systems and so are pursuing a local optimisation.
#AI #waste #systemsThinking

Staff SRE available for work!!!

I am a hard working systems thinker who has a unique balance of seasoned TechOps skills, good DevEx chops, experience designing and running SRE programs like Observability, Incidents, and CI/CD.

I was put out of work in June and I need a new gig in short order. Boosts and cross-platform posts appreciated!

#FediHire #LookingForWork #SRE #Reliability #SystemsThinking

Because of that longer delay, the right time to act is when it still seems too early. Which means you’ll almost certainly act when it’s already too late. That’s a recipe for overshoot and collapse, as the system’s carrying capacity erodes once it’s exceeded.

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#systemsthinking