The False Dichotomy between Theory & Practice... youtube.com/shorts/NvB7I...

The False Dichotomy!

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Viable Operating Model with Abdul Aziz In this episode, Abdul introduces his Viable Operating Model (VOM) as a framework for organizational improvement. He critiques traditional management for treating employees like cogs in a machine, advocating instead for a people-centric approach.

The problem with Corporate L&D 👇🏾 @cmooreanderson.bsky.social explains how similar the problems in mainstream education and corporate learning and development programs are... Checkout the full podcast for more: youtu.be/1hevoAfoWyU #cybernetics #learning #complexity

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝... 𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 - 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭." - 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐫

"Life Isn’t a Bunch of Quizzes" - @cmooreanderson.bsky.social Check out full podcast about taking a cybernetic approach to Teaching Meaning: youtu.be/1hevoAfoWyU

I had a great conversation with @laraghavan.bsky.social, an entrepreneur dedicated to a different stance in the world: not the linear acting-on, but the acting-with of cybernetics and enactivism. In this podcast, we discussed my book and its foundation in these fields.

Laksh Raghavan@laraghavan.bsky.social · 2w ago

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 by @cmooreanderson.bsky.social! In episode 43 of the Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast, secondary biology teacher and author Christian discusses a cybernetic approach to education that focuses on making learning meaningful rather than just memorizing facts.

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 by @cmooreanderson.bsky.social! In episode 43 of the Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast, secondary biology teacher and author Christian discusses a cybernetic approach to education that focuses on making learning meaningful rather than just memorizing facts.

Teaching Meaning: Christian Moore-Anderson

Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast - Episode 43

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#Complexity #Leadership

‘The environment contains no information. The environment is as it is.’ von Foerster

Reentry can be quite revealing. Photo not mine.

Perhaps the most profound insight from informational closure in Cybernetics is that more information is not going to change behavior. The success of misinformation today is not based on information “purity” but on our ability to make distinctions. More to come… #CyberneticsConstructivism

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?" Listen to @eikonne.bsky.social on the latest episode of the Cyb3rSyn Labs podcast: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a... #leadership #systemsthinking #humility

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫... Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast - Episode 28 with @eikonne.bsky.social. Highlighting the importance of emotional self-regulation, humility, and curiosity, we explore the ethical dimensions of leadership: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a...

Becoming a Leader... (Part 2)

Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast - Episode 28

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Cybernetics is not the Banana (Part 2) with Benjamin P. Taylor @antlerboy.com is now on YouTube: youtu.be/0IBjnZlcdfQ

Cybernetics is not the Banana: Benjamin Taylor (Part 2)

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𝐂𝐲𝐛𝟑𝐫𝐒𝐲𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 - 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟕 In today's episode, @eikonne.bsky.social discusses how traditional management practices impede real human development and why it's critical to challenge prevailing paradigms. Podcast Link 🔗: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a...

Cybernetics is not the Banana (Part 1) with @antlerboy.com is now on YouTube! Link: youtu.be/qi7neufVcEc

Cybernetics is not the Banana: Benjamin Taylor (Part 1)

YouTube video by Laksh Raghavan

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Bundle Deal for Second Order Cybernetics and Connecting the Dots… In 2025, I was fortunate to have two of my books published. leanpub.com/b/systemsfor... More here - harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/b... #Cybernetics #Lean #Toyota

My latest venture with Venky. Published by Cyb3rSyn Labs.

Laksh Raghavan@laraghavan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Book Launch 🚀 and exclusive Podcast: Connecting the Dots... by @harishjose.bsky.social and @kriswhen.bsky.social! I’m super excited to announce the publication of the book co-authored by Harish Jose and Venkatesh Krishnamurthy!

Book Launch 🚀 and exclusive Podcast: Connecting the Dots... by @harishjose.bsky.social and @kriswhen.bsky.social! I’m super excited to announce the publication of the book co-authored by Harish Jose and Venkatesh Krishnamurthy!

I was contemplating on the following quote from David Deutsch, the father of quantum computing: “Systems that are good at error correction make more errors (paradoxically) than systems that are bad at error correction… 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬.” A thread 🧵👇🏾

The Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast with @trond.hjorteland.com is now on YouTube: youtu.be/CLnCyllgVFo #leadership #systemsthinking

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 (𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦) 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘺. - 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙘𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚

My latest venture with my good friend Venky. Published by another good friend @laraghavan.bsky.social Connecting the Dots… Reflections on the Toyota Production System I have found that connecting dots across fields deepens our understanding of the subject at hand. #TPS #RespectForHumanity

New Book: Connecting the Dots… Reflections on The Toyota Production System – Jose and Krishnamurthy (2025) stream.syscoi.com/2025/08/03/n...

New Book: Connecting the Dots… Reflections on The Toyota Production System – Jose and Krishnamurthy (2025)

Guest Post by Harish Jose and Venky + Exclusive Podcast Laksh RaghavanAugust 03, 2025 I’m super excited to announce the details of an upcoming book co-authored by Harish Jose and Ven…

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1/4 A theme I see in mainstream management is what I call “information based leadership.” This is the belief that if clearer information is provided, it will lead to the desired outcome. #Cybernetics

To navigate #complexity, we must see through many eyes. Difference is not a threat! It is our richest source of understanding. #Pluralism

My latest post - On Probability… Probability tracks change in knowledge, not a change in the event itself. #Bayes #epistemology harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/o...

On Probability…

In today’s post, I am exploring the nature of probability. Is probability an intrinsic feature of events that evolves over time, or is it something else entirely? My view is that probability …

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Harish’s Notebook – The Ethics of Choice: Ackoff Meets von Foerster, and When is a ‘System’? – Jose (2025) stream.syscoi.com/2025/06/16/h...

Harish’s Notebook – The Ethics of Choice: Ackoff Meets von Foerster, and When is a ‘System’? – Jose (2025)

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The importance of reading OLD books and reading the WHOLE book! Listen to my full conversation with Roger James: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/the-where-...

Last month, my first book was published. The book is a collection of essays that was written over the course of five years and covers ideas in second order cybernetics. The book is published by Laksh Raghavan as part of Cyb3rSyn Labs Community offering. harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/a...

Announcing “Second Order Cybernetics”: My First Published Book

Last month, my first book was published. The book is a collection of essays that was written over the course of five years and covers ideas in second order cybernetics. The book is aptly titled – &…

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