Category: Notes
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Ancient Indian principles
I received the following ancient Indian philosophy via Murari Saha, who is a friend. I was struck by how similar these ancient Indian principles of spirituality are to the principles of Open Space Technology. Ancient Indian principles Open Space Technology principles Every Person you encounter is the right one. Whoever comes is the right people.…
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Living structures are fractal
A fractal exhibits repeating patterns at different scales. What’s interesting is that fractal structures are found everywhere in nature. Examples of such structures are branching trees and blood vessels. Even the largest known structures in the Universe are fractal. The cosmic web, for instance, looks very much like a neural network. Maybe the whole Universe…
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Questioning all assumptions
I got a question some time ago why I really ask so many questions? My answer was because I want to understand, but it also has to do with credibility. Let me give an example. One of the pillars in wirearchy is credibility, which is developed through an active questioning of all assumptions. 1 I…
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Wirearchy vs. sociocracy
After having read the book Wirearchy: Sketches for the Future of Work I have started to think about the similarities and differences between wirearchy and sociocracy. The first thing I notice is that wirearchy is an organizational design principle 1 while sociocracy, or rather the Sociocratic Circle-Organization Method, is a collaborative governance method 2. What…
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Norm Hirst on self law and non-self law
Norm Hirst makes a distinction between following self-law and non-self law which is pertinent to understanding the difference between living organisms and machines. He writes (in italics): It is useful to distinguish between entities that are autonomic, obeying self-law and entities that are allonomic, obeying non-self law. We have been led astray by our experience…
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Ralph Stacey on beliefs
Ralph Stacey writes that if we believe that nature’s systems function like a clockwork and human systems move to the dictates of designing minds,1 then we quite naturally believe that nature can be controlled once the laws governing it have been discovered and human systems can be redesigned from scratch once a new intention has…
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Gästblogg: Ett födelsedagstal
En funderare över tid, tid vid specialla tillfällen, födelsedag, nyår, barn föds, student, jobb… listan kan göras lång. En granne två trappor ner, “vi har bytt till induktionsspis, den gamla tar för lång tid”. Tiden = livet Att fundera över tiden = livet. Olika skeden, vad som är viktigt varierar över tid = var jag…
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There is a difference between knowing the name and truly understanding
A friend of mine asked me some time ago why I really ask so many questions? My immediate answer was because I want to understand. But after having pondered the question, I also realize that I don’t want to be mislead. Some people make profound sounding statements which, after all, are entirely meaningless. Richard Feynman,…
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We are safe already
It’s not easy to grow up as a child among the adult rulers of the world. Faced with our fears, we may drop out of sight and lie low; or we may seek safety through attacks on others; or we may seek out those who already have power, binding our desires in exchange for their…
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Christopher Alexander on real beauty
When you come face-to-face with real beauty it changes you, and it changes the other people who are witnessing it, or who are thinking it, and they will take a different road. … Although this is so simple, it’s extremely powerful, because it only comes from the heart. … If you take this advice ……