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Ivo @velitchkov.eu · 01/10/2026

[[Stafford Beer]] 100 Festschrift book is out. I contributed a chapter on Autonomy & Cohesion, for which you can use my Metaphorum slidedeck as a TL;DR : kvistgaard.github.io/slides/ac/me... The electronic version of the book is free to download: staffordbeer100.com/festschrift

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Laksh Raghavan @laraghavan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Unsolicited Advice is Critique - @trond.hjorteland.com Checkout the full podcast: youtu.be/Xq9NcnVD7v0 #leadership #systemsthinking

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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

When tools like AI are imposed by leadership, they risk deskilling workers and treating them as replaceable parts rather than purposeful human beings. Conversely, a DP2 structure empowers those doing the work to control their own coordination, fostering genuine engagement and higher quality output.

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

Trond argues these metrics are outputs of deeper conditions and should be owned and re-contextualized by the people doing the work, not imposed from management.

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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

Here's to more experiments! 🥂

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

Cyb3rSyn Labs is a startup born out of the failures of mainstream management practices! It is a crusade against our blind chasing of Taylorism, reductionism, and efficiency. I'd like to dedicate today to all those who are working so passionately to bring the esoteric into the exoteric!

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

I'm such a big fan of his work that I named my company Cyb3rSyn Labs. Cyb3rSyn is a leetspeak nod to Project Cybersyn, architected by Stafford Beer. The word Cybersyn is a portmanteau of the words 'Cybernetics' and 'Synergy'.

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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

Listen to @trond.hjorteland.com talk about a survey in which only 3% claimed to be DP2 and the reality was much smaller than that. Checkout the full podcast: youtu.be/HoB606zVS5I #leadership #systemsthinking

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

Design Principle 1 (DP1): Responsibility for coordination and control is located at least one layer above the work. Design Principle 2 (DP2): Responsibility for coordination and control is located with the people doing the work.

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

You are too kind 🙏 Thank YOU for appearing on the podcast and sharing your insights!

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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

He argues for a shift from mechanistic, clock-like management toward a more adaptive, cloud-like approach that balances short-term stability with long-term survival. The discussion covers practical approaches like RAEWCI analysis, which distinguishes between responsibility and authority.

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

"𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢." - 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙚𝙧 Checkout the podcast video and my reflections here: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/viable-ope... #leadership #systemsthinking #cybernetics #complexity

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Viable Operating Model: Abdul Aziz (Part 1)

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

The discussion explores how the VOM bridges the gap between strategy and operations. Abdul emphasizes the importance of epistemological humility, arguing that managers must focus on the relationships between parts rather than just the parts themselves.

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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

Christian argues against the traditional "transmission" model, which treats the human mind like a computer that stores data, asserting instead that meaning cannot be simply transferred from teacher to student. Checkout the full episode here: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/teaching-m...

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Teaching Meaning: Christian Moore-Anderson

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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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Teaching Meaning: Christian Moore-Anderson

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

Congrats! I look forward to reading it.

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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

The book is titled “𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐭𝐬… 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦” and is now available to order online. Checkout the links to order the paperback/hardcover books and the exclusive podcast with the authors here: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/book-launc...

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