cf Elan Vital, Well-Being, Wholeness? cf Live Player (more)

allowing/support creation of un-foreseen uses/activities by unknown people (more)

series of books by Christopher Alexander: he has come to believe that Patterns themselves are not enough, and that one needs a "MorphoGenetic" understanding of the formation of the built environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nature_of_Order (more)

Libertarian who can live with a Safety Net, but not the Loony Left: 2006-12-15-Liberaltarian (more)

Mel Conway: organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations. (1967) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law (more)

Creator of Conway's Law https://melconway.com/

process of Making Sense for yourself? (more)

author, Three Body Problem

Anyone can earn their first dollar online. Just start with what you know, see what sticks, and get paid. It's that easy. (significant distributor of ebooks) https://gumroad.com/

founder of Gumroad

aka product-market fit

Peter Block (born 1939) is an American author, consultant, and speaker in the areas of organization development, community building, and civic engagement... Peter Block is the recipient of the Organization Development Network's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.[11] In 2004 he received their first place Members' Choice Award in recognition of his book, Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used (1999) as the most influential book for Organizational Development practitioners over the past 40 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Block https://www.peterblock.com/ cf consulting

Peter Drucker on The Purpose and Objectives of a Business, from The Essential Drucker. (more)

Deming talk: Does anybody give a hoot about profit? On the afternoon of 11 July 1990, Dr W Edwards Deming gave a short presentation to some 25 executives from major European companies. This article provides an edited transcript of that presentation and the subsequent Question and Response Session. The presentation was structured around Dr Deming’s paper “A System of Profound Knowledge” (May 1990). (more)

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.[1][2] Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social sciences. Biological psychologists seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, linking the discipline to neuroscience. As social scientists, psychologists aim to understand the behavior of individuals and groups. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology

Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos book by Donald Wheeler ISBN:0945320531 (more)

person/role in an organization that's on-the-side, trying to spread/enforce process, rather than having direct accountability for results. See also Soft Skills.

Martin Cagan: Process People. For many years I’ve subscribed to the idea that in a product organization, there are essentially two types of contributors: makers and managers.... The only real question has been regarding product managers. (more)

aka product operations, but it sounds cooler if you call it "ops" like devops.

ability to get things done, right