Cybernetics is not the Banana (Part 2) with Benjamin P. Taylor @antlerboy.com is now on YouTube: youtu.be/0IBjnZlcdfQ

𝐂𝐲𝐛𝟑𝐫𝐒𝐲𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 - 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟕 In today's episode, @eikonne.bsky.social discusses how traditional management practices impede real human development and why it's critical to challenge prevailing paradigms. Podcast Link 🔗: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a...

Cybernetics is not the Banana (Part 1) with @antlerboy.com is now on YouTube! Link: youtu.be/qi7neufVcEc

Bundle Deal for Second Order Cybernetics and Connecting the Dots… In 2025, I was fortunate to have two of my books published. leanpub.com/b/systemsfor... More here - harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/b... #Cybernetics #Lean #Toyota

My latest venture with Venky. Published by Cyb3rSyn Labs.

Book Launch 🚀 and exclusive Podcast: Connecting the Dots... by @harishjose.bsky.social and @kriswhen.bsky.social! I’m super excited to announce the publication of the book co-authored by Harish Jose and Venkatesh Krishnamurthy!

I was contemplating on the following quote from David Deutsch, the father of quantum computing: “Systems that are good at error correction make more errors (paradoxically) than systems that are bad at error correction… 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬.” A thread 🧵👇🏾

The Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast with @trond.hjorteland.com is now on YouTube: youtu.be/CLnCyllgVFo #leadership #systemsthinking

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 (𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦) 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘺. - 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙘𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙧𝙚

My latest venture with my good friend Venky. Published by another good friend @laraghavan.bsky.social Connecting the Dots… Reflections on the Toyota Production System I have found that connecting dots across fields deepens our understanding of the subject at hand. #TPS #RespectForHumanity

New Book: Connecting the Dots… Reflections on The Toyota Production System – Jose and Krishnamurthy (2025) stream.syscoi.com/2025/08/03/n...

1/4 A theme I see in mainstream management is what I call “information based leadership.” This is the belief that if clearer information is provided, it will lead to the desired outcome. #Cybernetics

To navigate #complexity, we must see through many eyes. Difference is not a threat! It is our richest source of understanding. #Pluralism

My latest post - On Probability… Probability tracks change in knowledge, not a change in the event itself. #Bayes #epistemology harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/o...

Harish’s Notebook – The Ethics of Choice: Ackoff Meets von Foerster, and When is a ‘System’? – Jose (2025) stream.syscoi.com/2025/06/16/h...

The importance of reading OLD books and reading the WHOLE book! Listen to my full conversation with Roger James: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/the-where-...

Last month, my first book was published. The book is a collection of essays that was written over the course of five years and covers ideas in second order cybernetics. The book is published by Laksh Raghavan as part of Cyb3rSyn Labs Community offering. harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/a...

Post from the past 👇🏾 "𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲." — 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐭 A multidisciplinary lens on investing: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/multidisci... #systemsthinking

Today’s post continues the Mistakes of Mainstream Management (MMM) series and explores how lack of understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can lead Tech. executives and entrepreneurs to waste money and resources on misguided projects and investments.

Today’s post continues the Mistakes of Mainstream Management (MMM) series and explores how lack of understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can lead Tech. executives and entrepreneurs to waste money and resources on misguided projects and investments.

This week’s Cyb3rSyn Newsletter summarizes the key highlights of the inaugural Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast episode - my conversation with Daniel Schmidt, the Founder of DoubleLoop.

𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲! Organizational Psychology is a fascinating field. Understanding insights from this field can be amazing useful for Silicon Valley Tech. managers/executives and yet this field remains underrated in the mainstream.

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘂𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 Is it possible to improve the productivity of the organization without inflicting emotional stress on your employees?

𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 The intersection of cybersecurity and psychology is challenging to write about. Yes, there is a huge replication crisis in the field but that doesn't diminish its importance for successful cybersecurity strategy.

Harish’s Notebook – On the Presence of Complexity – Jose (2025)

Most Underrated Bias in Mainstream Management: 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! Don’t get me wrong - metrics and quantification are needed to manage a business. Quantification by itself can’t be asserted as inherently harmful.

This is a great opportunity from @laraghavan.bsky.social. I am excited and look forward to the learnings from the community.

Systems don't exist 🤯 Organizations don't learn (reification)! How can these controversial sounding claims be explained? A thread 🧵

This week we continue our Mistakes of Mainstream Management [MMM] series with a call for leaders to stop seeking solutions to their problems. A Thread 🧵

By its very nature, Penetration Tests are heavily skills-dependent, creativity fueled, time-boxed, scope-limited, inconsistent (different individuals/vendors will provide different results), point-in-time assessments. As a cybersecurity control, it is the worst kind. A thread 🧵👇🏾

Strategy: Theory vs Practice! I used be a ‘Straight As’ student from elementary school. But, sometime in my 5th grade, I don’t know what behavior change my grandmother noticed in me (that all of this “got” to my head) - she warned me that the top grades I’m getting in school were useless.

"the wish [or intention] confronts an environment as altered by the wish; the environment confronts a wish as altered by the environment" -- Mary Parker Follett, Creative Experience, 1924

“What good is money! You can’t buy health with it.” - People, in proclamation “What good is health! You can’t buy money with it.” - People, in action

Karma Yoga for the 21st Century! 🔁 Practical application of insights from systems thinking, complexity and cybernetics! 💸 Values Based Spending 🔐 Inversion applied to cybersecurity 📉 The Great Tragedy of Modern Life ⓶ The two questions executives need to ask themselves #systemsthinking

My latest post - The ‘Form’ of Complexity #complexity #cybernetics #LawsOfForm harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2024/12/15/t...

This week's Cyb3rSyn Newsletter is the 3rd edition of the Cyb3rSyn Kaleidoscope - covering a diverse set of topics: ✅ Practical application of systems thinking, complexity, cybernetics ✅ Values Based Spending ✅ Threat Modeling ✅ The Great Tragedy of Modern Life and…

Warm welcome to @abhibala.bsky.social as a lifetime member to the Cyb3rSyn Community 🙏🏾 More: www.linkedin.com/posts/laragh...

The concept of ‘wa’ is fascinating to me as a fan of Japanese culture. Having consensus before a larger meeting can significantly improve facilitation. harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/t...

An obsession with measurement

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

The oldest and the best compression technique ever invented was storytelling.

"More money has been lost reaching for yield than at the point of a gun.” - Ray DeVoe #AnimalSpirits

My latest post - Rethinking Efficiency- The Human Element in Systems Thinking: harishsnotebook.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/r...

🚀 Announcing Cyb3rSyn Library & Community! Details: www.linkedin.com/posts/laragh...

“Forecasts usually tell us more about the forecaster than of the future.” - Warren Buffett

What’s wrong with “Risk Management”? Checkout this week’s Cyb3rSyn Newsletter: 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/study-risk... #cybersecurity #risk #grc #systemsthinking #complexity

I'm hoping that my network can take 5 minutes (or less) to answer some simple questions relating to decision making. This is for my PhD research and it would be especially helpfully if people connected with small businesses could complete.  lnkd.in/eznqvacS All support is really appreciated.

It is amazing that just two things can explain most of human behavior: habits and social copying. What’s even more amazing is that we seem to be oblivious about this! #mimesis

1/ “… when you start telling people that all the experts are wrong, at first they call you arrogant, and then they say you’re crazy...

It took LLMs to normalize paying $20/month for a good search engine with no ads.