Anti-Patterns from Systems Thinking - Suboptimization One of the things I learnt from the "Thinking in Systems: A Primer" book by Donella Meadows is a thing called suboptimization. I choose to call this an anti-pattern as it's
On human intuition, codifying knowledge and resilience Coming out of Dave Snowden's 2 day workshop on Complexity-Based Design Thinking at DDDEurope 2019, it's easy to get many thoughts spinning in your head, and it definitely takes time to reflect on
devops Sensemaking After learning about the Cynefin Framework at the DDDEurope conference earlier this year, it's been interesting to utilize the framework to try and make sense of observations at work. I've long been very
Cognitive biases in software design - The IKEA effect Disclaimer: This is actually not based on science, just personal observation and opinion. Having worked in a large organization for almost 4 years now, I've (naturally) observed a lot of office and organization
