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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Tyranny of the Majority! Listen to @trond.hjorteland.com on who should design the work... Checkout the full episode here: youtu.be/Xq9NcnVD7v0 #leadership #systemsthinking

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Organization Dysfunctions - with @trond.hjorteland.com! In this episode, we explore how dysfunctional organizations' over-focus on metrics (like DORA) and frameworks (Agile/Scrum, Team Topologies), strips away context, prompting gaming, “everything is fine” reporting, and burnout.

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Ivo @velitchkov.eu · 25/09/2026

And the book is out. 📘 I have contributed a chapter on Autonomy and Cohesion (all new work, beyond what was in the A-C chapter of essentialbalances.com ) The e-book is free to download: staffordbeer100.com/festschrift

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

100 Years of Stafford Beer! Today is Stafford Beer's birthday. Beer is known as the father of Management Cybernetics, which he described as the science of effective organization. #leadership #management #cybernetics #systemsthinking #complexity

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Genuine freedom is rare in the software industry... According to Open Systems Theory, there are two fundamental Design Principles (DP) that act as the DNA for any organization:

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One Question to Ask About Work - @trond.hjorteland.com For me, this resonates with: “𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.” - 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗳𝗳 Watch the full podcast here: youtu.be/HoB606zVS5I #leadership #systemsthinking

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Trond Hjorteland @trond.hjorteland.com · 20/09/2026

An absolute honour and privilege to be back on the Cyb3rSyn podcast, with Laksh's insightful questions and insights. Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Organizational Dysfunctions! The latest episode of the Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast features one of my favorite sociotechnical practitioners, @trond.hjorteland.com, who explores why modern organizations remain plagued by dysfunction despite decades of research and what the data shows.

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Purpose of a System is What It Does! Listen to what Abdul Aziz has to say about POSIWID, Fantasy Gap, RAEWCI framework and more - a TON of insights useful for Silicon Valley executives. Checkout the YouTube video here: youtu.be/m9i0Gak5puw #leadership #systemsthinking #complexity #cybernetics

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast - Episode 45 In this episode, Abdul Aziz, explores the Viable Operating Model (VOM) and its foundation in systems thinking and cybernetics. He emphasizes that a system's true purpose is defined by its actions rather than its stated goals.

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

People are Purposeful & Your model is Wrong! Silicon Valley treats people like a cog in a wheel that they can throw out and replace on a whim. Checkout what Abdul Aziz has to say on this topic and much more on organizational design and development... #leadership #cybernetics #systemsthinking

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The False Dichotomy between Theory & Practice... youtube.com/shorts/NvB7I...

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The False Dichotomy!

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Viable Operating Model with Abdul Aziz In this episode, Abdul introduces his Viable Operating Model (VOM) as a framework for organizational improvement. He critiques traditional management for treating employees like cogs in a machine, advocating instead for a people-centric approach.

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The problem with Corporate L&D 👇🏾 @cmooreanderson.bsky.social explains how similar the problems in mainstream education and corporate learning and development programs are... Checkout the full podcast for more: youtu.be/1hevoAfoWyU #cybernetics #learning #complexity

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝... 𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 - 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭." - 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐫

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"Life Isn’t a Bunch of Quizzes" - @cmooreanderson.bsky.social Check out full podcast about taking a cybernetic approach to Teaching Meaning: youtu.be/1hevoAfoWyU

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026

I had a great conversation with @laraghavan.bsky.social, an entrepreneur dedicated to a different stance in the world: not the linear acting-on, but the acting-with of cybernetics and enactivism. In this podcast, we discussed my book and its foundation in these fields.

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 by @cmooreanderson.bsky.social! In episode 43 of the Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast, secondary biology teacher and author Christian discusses a cybernetic approach to education that focuses on making learning meaningful rather than just memorizing facts.

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Benjamin P Taylor @antlerboy.com · 22/03/2026

‘The environment contains no information. The environment is as it is.’ von Foerster

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Harish Jose @harishjose.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Reentry can be quite revealing. Photo not mine.

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Harish Jose @harishjose.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Perhaps the most profound insight from informational closure in Cybernetics is that more information is not going to change behavior. The success of misinformation today is not based on information “purity” but on our ability to make distinctions. More to come… #CyberneticsConstructivism

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

"𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?" Listen to @eikonne.bsky.social on the latest episode of the Cyb3rSyn Labs podcast: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a... #leadership #systemsthinking #humility

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫... Cyb3rSyn Labs Podcast - Episode 28 with @eikonne.bsky.social. Highlighting the importance of emotional self-regulation, humility, and curiosity, we explore the ethical dimensions of leadership: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a...

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Becoming a Leader... (Part 2)

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

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...

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Harish Jose @harishjose.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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

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Harish Jose @harishjose.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

My latest venture with Venky. Published by Cyb3rSyn Labs.

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

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!

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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 🧵👇🏾

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

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

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Harish Jose @harishjose.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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

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Harish Jose @harishjose.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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

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Harish Jose @harishjose.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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

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Benjamin P Taylor @antlerboy.com · 16/06/2025

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...

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Harish’s Notebook – The Ethics of Choice: Ackoff Meets von Foerster, and When is a ‘System’? – Jose (2025)

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

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-...

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Harish Jose @harishjose.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

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...

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Announcing “Second Order Cybernetics”: My First Published Book

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

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.

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

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.

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

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.

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

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

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

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.

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Benjamin P Taylor @antlerboy.com · 15/01/2025

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

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

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.

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