antlerboy

antlerboy, 3 months ago to random

Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes https://electrek.co/2024/02/20/why-electric-bikes-give-more-exercise/

antlerboy, 7 months ago to random

The World’s Most Popular Painter Sent His Followers After Me Because He Didn’t Like a Review of His Work. Here’s What I Learned https://news.artnet.com/opinion/devon-rodriguez-parasocial-aesthetics-2380960

antlerboy, 4 months ago to random

Ah, the wonders of customer support chatbots...

antlerboy, 2 months ago to random

Can anyone help me find the article I once found through Twitter which suggested that finding out how their organisation actually worked (through IIRC something as simple as process improvement) was like arcane knowledge which often derailed careers and led to people leaving their orgs?

antlerboy, 3 months ago to random

Bringing together some recent and old threads on #systemsthinking is #complexity is #cybernetics https://stream.syscoi.com/2020/04/21/bringing-together-some-reason-and-old-threads-on-systemsthinking-is-complexity-is-cybernetics/

• with many additional links in the comments, and I especially recommend the latest, from Petter Holme

antlerboy, 11 months ago to random

Just saw Dave Chaplin of IR35 fame use the phrase 'long Boris' ('small businesses in the UK are still suffering from Long Boris') - and I think that's a depressing truth. We will suffer for a generation, or more. Yet as I've said before, demonising one man is tempting and perhaps justifiable - we need to look at the systems that supported him.

antlerboy, 2 months ago to random

Bill Bryson-like writing. For the dog lovers.
Chicken Lore https://bit.ly/3TccIfU

antlerboy, 2 months ago to random

Lifestyle media & popular culture are crucial vehicles for changing public thinking on social care https://makingrightsmakesense.wordpress.com/2024/03/03/lifestyle-media-popular-culture-are-crucial-vehicles-for-changing-public-thinking-on-social-care/

antlerboy, 3 months ago to random

Rosenblatt’s Transactional Theory https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/02/11/rosenblatts-transactional-theory/

antlerboy, 10 days ago to random

antlerboy, 26 days ago to random

Best wishes today to every councillor who lost their seat, to every new councillor, and to those who keep serving. It's a thankless job which requires you to really care - and note well the various results which buck the national trend, which largely show that local government is different, and can make a difference.

antlerboy, 27 days ago to random

Modes: What are they and how do I use them? https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/guide-to-musical-modes/

antlerboy, 3 months ago to random

The Drystone Company - Dry Stone Wallers in Perthshire, working throughout Scotland. Drystone walls, drystone features and repairs. https://www.thedrystonecompany.com/drystone-a-to-z

antlerboy, 1 month ago to random

Geddit?

antlerboy, 20 days ago to random

Moss 'speed bumps' on Kinder Scout will curb flooding and restore peatland https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68972004

antlerboy, 3 months ago to random

Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/cells-across-the-body-talk-to-each-other-about-aging-20240108/

antlerboy, 1 month ago to random

Happy doughnut day to those who celebrate - April 15 2020, a serious civil servant asked about post-COVID renewal:
https://twitter.com/jaCattell/status/1250357135428521984
Analysis of responses:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230201124013/http://govtransformation.org/uncategorized/34-doughnuts-what-the-world-well-twitter-wants-to-tell-the-uk-government-about-recovery/
Free, vote-winning ideas to the benefit of the UK - how have we done on them since?

antlerboy, 3 months ago to random

IESTurningTheTide – An introduction to systems thinking for tackling wicked problems, Gerald Midgley, 14 February 2024 – 2:00pm UK time online https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/02/12/iesturningthetide-an-introduction-to-systems-thinking-for-tackling-wicked-problems-gerald-midgley-14-february-2024-200pm-uk-time-online/

antlerboy, 1 month ago to random

Productivity puzzle corner: The Efficiency Wars redux https://www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/article/productivity-puzzle-corner-the-efficiency-wars-redux

antlerboy, 2 months ago to random

Sad news.
Harrison Owen has died https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/harrison-owen-has-died/
That so-called “shaman” is actually Harrison Owen https://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/the-shaman-is-actually-harrison-owen/

antlerboy, 1 month ago to random

The Layers of Irony Model https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/04/01/the-layers-of-irony-model/

antlerboy, 3 months ago to random

Another world is possible - Social Care Future https://socialcarefuture.org.uk/noticeboard/another-world-is-possible/

antlerboy, 1 month ago to random

A Viable System Model: Consideration of Knowledge Management – Leonard (1999) https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/04/01/a-viable-system-model-consideration-of-knowledge-management-leonard-1999/

antlerboy, 2 months ago to random

Systems Dynamics Society recognises the contributions of women in Systems Dynamics https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/03/09/systems-dynamics-society-recognises-the-contributions-of-women-in-systems-dynamics/

antlerboy, 1 month ago to random

Kybernetes: The International Journal of Systems & Cybernetics Volume 33, Numbers 3-4, 2004, tribute to Stafford Beer (ed, Espejo) https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/04/01/kybernetes-the-international-journal-of-systems-cybernetics-volume-33-numbers-3-4-2004-tribute-to-stafford-beer-ed-espejoxx/