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In the book “Idealized Design” by Russ Ackoff a. o. they offers practical and common sense methods, based on proven results to allow organizations to not only learn from mistkaes but to develop processes to remove the possibility of mistakes in the future, not just “reengineering”, but a revolution in the way your organization is run.

In this little Podcast on idealized design Mette is interviewing Russ about the concept his the book. (The file is 1,29 MB)

Have you read the book? What do you think about it? What does the concept og systemic thinking mean to you in your context? Please share :-)

A few of you have asked me over the last days about where you can find interesting podcasts worth listening to. Well, there are lots and lots of resources out there - just try to google and youl’ll see what I mean…

A good startingpoint though could be IT Conversations, which - in fact -is more about anything else than IT.

Maybe you should start out with Clayton Christensen, Malcolm Gladwell or even Bob Metcalfe?

If you find some interesting podcasts - please share.

Over the last years everything happens do be deployed in beta. Everything is launched as beta, everything happens to be unfinished. Is that a good or a bad thing, and why is that happening right now?

It seems that companies and individuals are in the need to be involved, to create together, to find an answer on how to cope with speed, complexity and instant change. As I see it – and I’m not the only one – beta is the answer.

And – I need to say that :-) – beta is very much a state of creation, innovation, creating change, facilitating change with high speed and with the use of many of the principles discussed on the weblog CPH127.

Together with good friends I’ve started to write on a beta-manifesto, where we until know have gathered a few principles, please help us to make the list even more complete…

1. being in beta is a natural state of life. Everything aroundus is either evolving or dying.
2. beta is playing. Experimenting. Trying.
3. beta is constant learning.
4. beta is profiting in the true nature of the word “profit”. Making progress.
5. beta is never perfect. Never completely without fault. Just like any human being. Everything can be made better. Allways. Achieving temporary perfection is better than aspiring for the ultimate perfection that is never reached.
6. beta is release as soon as it is safe. But never sooner. Only daredevils flies planes in beta or takes unfinished medicine.
7. beta is a natural state of things. Your body is in perpetual beta until you die (maybe..)
8. beta is evolution. Many small gradual changes. Suddenly they may seem like giant leaps.
9. beta is revolution. Not completely in control. Just like the real world.
10. beta is open. Ready for dialogue. Open for change. Positive for co-creation.
11. beta stands for things that changes. Change with consistancy.
12. beta creates feedback loops for companies, individuals and products.
13. beta is honest. Not superficial.

Is this list complete? Anything to add?

I’ve been writing about this before - I think the discussion is not over yet…