Ryanair, a Fragile Complex Giant.
The laws of systemantics are said to be pseudo-science. Fair enough. A few of these laws are listed below. They apply toContinue Reading
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Is it Progress if a Cannibal Uses Knife and Fork?
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was a (beautiful!) tri-sonic bomber developed in the early sixties. It was, even by today’sContinue Reading
Why Has Our Ability To Engineer Complex Products Diminished?
The complexity of modern products, as well as the associated manufacturing processes, has increased over the past few decades andContinue Reading
Brexit: the Most Likely Future Scenario
The laws of systemantics apply to highly complex systems and situations. As you read these laws think of the EU andContinue Reading
Project Management: Why Cost Overruns and Late Delivery?
Why over 90% of projects finish late? There is plenty of literature on the subject. This is a good example.Continue Reading
How Sustainable is the World as a System?
Corporate sustainability, social responsibility and sustainability in general are trendy subjects nowadays. There exist numerous programmes, institutes and research centersContinue Reading
Deutsche Bank – Too Big To Fail or Too Complex To Survive?
Complexity and interdependency are the hallmarks of our time. The increase of complexity and turbulence in the markets andContinue Reading
Why highly complex systems usually operate in failure mode
The complexity of modern products, as well as the associated manufacturing processes, have been increasing over the past fewContinue Reading
How to Distinguish Innovation from Fragmentation?
Innovation is the result of R&D which is something that requires vision, strategy, leadership, will-power, money, persistence, continuity. Vision requiresContinue Reading
Car electronics: how much more complexity can we handle?
As we know, excessive complexity is a formidable source of fragility. If you want to make something fragile, make itContinue Reading
Artificial Intuition 