Design and Deliver Impactful Systems

A weekly publication that helps you think outside the software box and develop the skills you need to succeed in an increasingly-complex world.

Five Things I've Learned from Information Systems

It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It…

6 min read Aug 14, 2024

Architecting Systems is not (just) a newsletter -- it's a digital ecosystem of systems thinking tools and practices.

1 min read Jul 14, 2024

Exploring nonlinear thinking and approaches from experienced systems thinkers working inside, and outside, technology.

3 min read Oct 27, 2023

Books for systems thinkers shared in the Icelandic tradition.

4 min read Dec 12, 2022

Writing practices help us think and learn and lead. Writing hones essential skills for knowledge workers.

2 min read Dec 1, 2022

Modeling public

Deep schisms in a system's functional architecture appear when people can't create shared understanding. Collaborative modeling helps.

2 min read Nov 25, 2022

If you want to change what you deploy, you first need to change how you think. You can not change your thinking if you aren't aware of your thinking.

3 min read Nov 3, 2022

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