How do you do, fellow kids? (old man with skateboard, 30 Rock)
Dear followers and "fellow kids,"
In hopes of landing an interesting and fulfilling next gig, I just wanted to let you know that I'm ready for new assignments. Preferably helping companies with digital transformations that keep people at the centre.
#SocioTechnical #OrgDesign #SystemsThinking
At its core #sociotechnical systemdesign is about a holistic democratisation of work.
"Not many people know that."
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "The Gamete Donor Register, Kinship, and Belonging: State-Organized Openness in the Nordic Context of Transnational Egg Donation" by Riikka Homanen #donoridentity #kinship #sociotechnical #technology #fertility #markets journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Your architecture isn’t failing just because of bad code! It’s being shaped by forces you aren’t even tracking!
Meet #HolisticEngineering - the practice of factoring the organic socio-technical problem space into your technical decisions.
Watch now: bit.ly/3NQGpE1
#Culture #SocioTechnical
New blog post (Norwegian):
If your company is serious about people being the core assets and wants their engagement in your vision and goals, sociotechnical system design is the way.
Bonus: better productivity, quality, and sustainable cost reductions.
#SocioTechnical #OpenSystems #OrgDesign
The Human Engineer - The Newsletter
Tomorrow's rebranded "The Human Engineer" newsletter will be the first in a short multi-part sequence exploring humane and empathetic leadership practices in tech.
humansoftware.dev
#waysofworking #sociotechnical
This is a fantastic talk by Kent Beck. And so important. What he is saying here, using his perspective from Extreme Programming (XP), basically sums up all my talks from the last few years.
#XP #Sociotechnical #OpenSystems
Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters by Rich Allen
Watch here: youtu.be/maH7lWKKUlc
#books #ebooks #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #UserNeedsMapping #TeamAlignment #FlowOptimization #SocioTechnical #ProductDelivery #SystemThinking
I created a list of 5 books you can read to develop more critical takes on #AI, cutting through the hype. I have my students read most of these. Take a look at the list and let me know which other books you'd recommend!
www.instagram.com/p/DQp3afejL7...
#BigTech #tech #critical #sociotechnical
Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters by Rich Allen
Watch here: youtu.be/maH7lWKKUlc
#books #ebooks #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #UserNeedsMapping #TeamAlignment #FlowOptimization #SocioTechnical #ProductDelivery #SystemThinking
NEW! A Leanpub Podcast Episode 🎙️ Feat. Rich Allen, Author of User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters
Watch here: youtu.be/IyLQ6AFSpIM
#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #UserNeedsMapping #TeamAlignment #FlowOptimization #SocioTechnical #ProductDelivery #SystemThinking
Poster of Trond Hjorteland's talk at KanDDDinsky 2025.
I look forward to returning to Berlin and the wonderful #KanDDDinsky conference this week. Really happy to be able to speak there again. I will challenge the approach many companies have to agile transformations
#systemsThinking #sociotechnical #selfOrganisation #agile #teamTopologies #orgDesign
#WilfredBion
=> #TavistockInstitute
=> #SocioTechnical #SystemsTheory #ST
=> #AlanCard + #BioPsychoSocial #ST
=> #BioPsychoSocioTechnical #ST #BPST
We scheduled a new session with Andrew Harmel-Law on anarchist thought & socio-technical design. A look at alternatives to top-down hierarchy for building better teams.
📅 23 Sept at 19:00 NZST
#DDD #SocioTechnical
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#DomainDrivenDesign #SocioTechnicalSystems #SoftwareArchitecture
Fun being on Laksh's Cyb3rSyn Labs podcast talking about #SocioTechnical systems and #OpenSystemsTheory.
"Tune in to learn how to evolve your management practices and drive better organizational outcomes."
www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/from-mecha...
Human-AI Systems are here to stay: What price are you willing to pay?
One-night-only performance
Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:30 - 21:00 BST
In-person, British Computing Society, London
Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../human-ai....
#AI #sociotechnical #systems
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Check out the full paper here:
🔗 lnkd.in/dtsH3gaX
🤗 lnkd.in/d7diuBJh
#ACL2025 #ACL #NLProc #NLP #AI #DigitalDivide #LLM #AIethics #sociotechnical
@mutalenkonde.bsky.social’s #CHI2025 opening keynote: “Internet culture was pioneered by the far right. […] Those of us who think about the #sociotechnical would’ve been able to advise our computer science colleagues that Nazi-ism is common in Internet culture and we need to design around it.”
New blog post:
Given that work also produces people, in addition to products and services, how can we make sure that we create a work environment that makes the world a better place?
#SocioTechnical #OpenSystems #OrgDesign
jfsdigital.org/2025-2/vol-2... How can we explore the intersection of #feminist approaches to #internationalsecurity & the concept of #sociotechnical imaginaries. How can frameworks be integrated with feminist sociotechnical imaginaries? Find out in this excellent piece by Kimberly Alves Digolin
Early bird pricing ends today.
Reserve your spot and join us for this rare opportunity to work with me in a prefigurative design space.
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Let’s design the constraints that enable emergence.
#DesignPrinciples #Sociotechnical #Architecture #Product #SystemsThinking
It's Amazing – But Terrifying!: Unveiling the Combined Effect of Emotional and Cognitive Trust on Organizational Member' Behaviours, AI Performance, and Adoption #trust #cognition #emotion #reliability #sociotechnical #artificialintelligence #leadership #management
51m Replying to @HighlandFud This fear and the us and them is more what I was pointing at because you could be totally right - for our survival and flourishment this new kind of promethian flame needs to be held in the hands of all and moulded by the hands of all steered by the good of all Ren @Renmakesmusic 55m Replying to @AnthonyTutcher It’s also probably one of the most incredible inventions of this century , the doors it opens to understanding the universe by utilising the power of all human knowledge is probably far more than we can even fathom at this point of genesis which is why it needs to be guided by a value system rooted in collectivism Ren @Renmakesmusic 1h Replying to @officialnucky Beyond big corporations its implications for war/health/business means it sits in a similar but more consequentially reaching space as the space race all those years ago! When you can monopolise distribution and limit access to it, it gives you a hell of a lot of power - which is why I’m such a fan of open source too Ren @Renmakesmusic 1h Replying to @ImRobbScott I agree that we should have equal opportunity and that everything should be based on merit and skill and work - best person for the job should be the best person for the job. You’re right too the legal system is heavily biased in certain instances. But prejudice is only one part of the picture - economic disparity among the population is probably the most limiting factor to living a comfortable life or being afforded opportunity which does boil down to the systems which govern money and how resources are allocated at the end of the day
Safety culture can be used as an explanation for accidents and as a recipe for improvement in complex #sociotechnical systems. 3 conceptions of culture appear: culture as causal attitude, culture as engineered organization, culture as emergent and indeterminate.
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#Sociotechnical principle of the day:
Discretionary coalition – a population engaged in deliberations.
The second pattern from Pava is the social artefact matching the technical one, the deliberation. It was a novel organizing principle where the formal organization chart became scaffolding.
Can't wait to dig into this excellent collection of #sociotechnical publications -- @dalupton.bsky.social always brings insight and stimulates new ideas!
#genAI #PatientExperience #Disability
#Sociotechnical principle of the day:
Deliberations – sequence of exchanges and communication
In the 80s, Calvin Pava felt that STS needed updating to keep pace with change and accommodate non-linear and non-routine knowledge work. He proposed extending the design practice with two patterns,
#Sociotechnical principle of the day:
Self-Regulating Work Groups
This makes an organisational pattern frequently used in STS explicit.
Berniker '96: "The self-regulating work group is the building block of the organization. Design work groups rather than individual jobs."
#Sociotechnical principle of the day:
Work as Problem-Solving Action and Motivated Behavior
Paradoxically, work can be seen as behaviour controlled by psychological needs and job satisfaction on one side, while on the other it is about autonomous capacities to adapt, control, and manage problems.
#Sociotechnical principle of the day:
System design involves political processes.
"Design debates concerning values, choices, ownership, processes, task allocation, evaluation, and resources inevitably raise political issues in organizations."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
