The Shirky Principle
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The Shirky Principle
No history of the subject would be complete without some reference to the semi-legendary, almost anonymous Murphy[d.][xiv] (floreat circa 1940?) who chose to disguise his genius by stating a fundamental Systems Theorem in commonplace, almost pedestrian terminology. This Law, known to schoolboys the world over as Jelly-bread always falls jelly side
... See moreJohn Gall • Systemantics. The Systems Bible
People and institutions who derive their power from controlling one of the existing categories will fight progress that might undo the importance of the category.
Albert Wenger • Progress vs. Categories
Principles are like laws—you can’t break one simply because you and someone else agree to break it. Remember that it’s everyone’s obligation to speak up, own it, or get out.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
the people best equipped to solve any given problem in a durable way are those most familiar with the full complexity of the problem
Zack Bryant • Moral Design — Journey Group
the very first principle of Systems-design is a negative one: DO IT WITHOUT A NEW SYSTEM IF YOU CAN The scholar will recognize this as Occam’s Razor in modern form: AVOID UNNECESSARY SYSTEMS (SYSTEMS SHOULD NOT BE MULTIPLIED UNNECESSARILY) Two immediate Corollaries, with significant implications for Management, are as follows: (I) DO IT WITH AN EXI
... See moreJohn Gall • Systemantics. The Systems Bible
This principle has emerged from the observation that temporary buildings erected to house Navy personnel in World War I continued to see yeoman service in World War II as well as in subsequent ventures, and are now a permanent, if fading, feature of Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. The construction of the Pentagon, a few short miles away acr
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