Discontinuous improvement
Russ Ackoff has a great talk about Systems Architecture
Published: Tuesday, Mar 9, 2021 Last modified: Monday, Dec 9, 2024
An architect produces an overall design of the house: https://youtu.be/OqEeIG8aPPk?t=461
1st principal: You don’t modify the house to improve the quality of room unless it benefits the whole house too.
You don’t get the system you want by removing what you don’t want: https://youtu.be/OqEeIG8aPPk?t=529
An improvement program must be directed at what you want, not what you don’t want.
To leap frog your competition, you must not be content with continuous improvement: https://youtu.be/OqEeIG8aPPk?t=599 You require creativity.
Right thing wrong > Wrong thing right
The difference between efficiency and effectiveness is the difference between knowledge and wisdom. And unfortunately we don’t have enough Wisdom to go around.