Information technology is not really about productivity anymore, it is really about self perpetuation and expansion. It is not about users and customers anymore, if it truly ever was.| Unworkable Ideas
Hundreds of posts on a topic that apparently no one gives a fuck about. It is only the most important topic in the history of the world. The discovery, transmittal and use or misuse of information. What could be more important than that? At least that is what he told himself over and over again. […]| Unworkable Ideas
The formula for effective information management is a little more nuanced than that. Survival in the real world often requires the ability to block out distractions and focus on what really matters at the moment. When you are being chased by a lion, the only information that matters at that time is information that helps […]| Unworkable Ideas
Optimize this process, optimize that. Optimize for X. Sometimes it is just a waste of brain power and energy. It doesn’t really matter what you are trying to optimize, the process of optimization reduces the potential of variability. While variability can produce seriously negative consequences, it can also unleash creativity and delight. Reducing waste and […]| Unworkable Ideas
On the surface, centralized control makes all the sense in the universe. Unfortunately, the universe has an infinite amount of sense and an infinite amount of nonsense. A world with centralized control is theoretically better prepared and more efficient, but managing a world with infinite variables is impossible. Still we try to control as much […]| Unworkable Ideas
There are so many ways to be reductive. Reduction is so seductive. It is easy. But rarely does anything work quite that way. There are more factors and interactions at play than you can imagine. But to function, the brain simplifies. There is System 1 and System 2 processes that Daniel Kahneman Humans need both. […]| Unworkable Ideas
Framing is the ultimate skill and it happens all the time. Things get framed for us and we also frame things on our own. | Unworkable Ideas
How information systems became self-perpetuating machines—and the coming age of invisible decisions| unworkableideas.com
Pay as you go| Unworkable Ideas