IT architect and socio-technical practitioner at Capra with a ghoulish sense of post-punk and a geeky interest in science and systems thinking. He/him. #DDDesign #SocioTechnical #SoftwareArchitecture trond.hjorteland.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.com/post/3ml7eoyfu6c2qRecording, slides, chat and even meeting minutes from my session at the #STS Roundtable's Making Work Worth Doing Series are available: "Real World Examples: Designing Workshops Using #OpenSystemsTheory" https://stsroundtable.com/webinars/making-work-worth-doing-real-world-examples-designing-workshops-using-open-systems-theory-23-april-2026/06 May 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:torynxb63rgvqzd5d2u7mkm6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7eoyfu6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.com/post/3mkrwnarxhc2mSince it is a day off for most of you and I do not do my dysfunctions series then, here is a small response I often get against OST and that even if it worked in manufacturing (most of the examples are from there), IT is so special it can't work. My response (and #OST):...01 May 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:torynxb63rgvqzd5d2u7mkm6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrwnarxhc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.com/post/3mkrt23i4l22mHad a long chat with people from a previous client yesterday, including a talk at their Show & Tell, largely triggered by this series. Definitely continuing, and I already have 50+ ideas lined up, so you may well be tired of them before I run out. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:torynxb63rgvqzd5d2u7mkm6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrt23i4l22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.com/post/3mjogrno4b22rValuable data you provide here, @kenny.weave-it.org, and, as you say, it sadly confirms the rut many organisations have gotten themselves into by not doing the work needed for truly empowered agile teams. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:torynxb63rgvqzd5d2u7mkm6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjogrno4b22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.com/post/3mjfbd4na7c24I had a chat with Claude, as one does these days, and asked what a good argument could be made for #OpenSystemsTheory that could catch the ears of top management, and the response was quite nice:13 Apr 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:torynxb63rgvqzd5d2u7mkm6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfbd4na7c24https://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.com/post/3mivkm3c4vc2qI managed to make a little dent with my series of posts on #SocioTechnical principles of the day, and though it was due to do something similar, but this time in the context of modern organisations (especially #agile ones) and the modern version of #STS, known as Emery's #OpenSystemsTheory ( #OST).07 Apr 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:torynxb63rgvqzd5d2u7mkm6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivkm3c4vc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.com/post/3mivkm3c4vc2qI managed to make a little dent with my series of posts on #SocioTechnical principles of the day, and though it was due to do something similar, but this time in the context of modern organisations (especially #agile ones) and the modern version of #STS, known as Emery's #OpenSystemsTheory ( #OST).07 Apr 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:torynxb63rgvqzd5d2u7mkm6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivkm3c4vc2q