I will be posting soon… Meanwhile, here are some of my recent tweets that may be of interest to you.

#cybernetics #Lean #SystemsThinking #philosophy

Since usefulness depends upon the user/observer, this brings in the second order nature of cybernetics.

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 22, 2019

A restaurant menu is an example of a variety attenuator while at the same time being a variety amplifier. #cybernetics

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 21, 2019

Optimizing an operation may not result in optimizing the process. Optimizing a process may not optimize the value stream. Optimizing a value stream may not optimize the enterprise. And so on. Avoid sub-optimization at all costs. #lean #TuesdayThoughts

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 21, 2019

The goal of an Industrial Engineer might be deskilling an operation. But it certainly is not dehumanizing. #lean

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 21, 2019

Who gets to choose what is good? Important lesson in the current and any political context. pic.twitter.com/YLXj4LE9xY

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 20, 2019

Important note on a book on Statistics from https://t.co/JyRYXu2Orf. This note should be put on all books, including religious texts. pic.twitter.com/xhV9yzSIPp

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 19, 2019

1/2 How much autonomy is really needed? The amount that is needed to compensate the inflexibility of the structure of the organization. Autonomy is a form of variety amplification, in some regards, to match the requisite variety. #cybernetics #lean #systemsthinking

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 18, 2019

Software is not complex… The act of creating it and the act of using it are. #ux #agile

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 18, 2019

The rules and policies we establish are basically variety attenuators. But if they lack the requisite variety, they fail. The additional requisite variety should come from the autonomy of the worker in an organization to prevent total breakdown. #complexity

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 17, 2019

In this regard, poka yoke devices are information carrying mediums and thus also should be viewed ultimately as uncertainty reducers. #ThursdayThoughts #lean #pokayoke #sixsigma

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 16, 2019

Modern Sorites paradox- With everything your smart phone can do, at what point should you stop calling it a phone? #MondayThoughts #Philosophy

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 13, 2019

This problem is economic in character and its solution involves the use of probability theory for establishing the height of the barrier to be placed in the path of unsatisfactory material.
(Dodge & Romig, 1929)

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 11, 2019

Being wrong feels the same as being right. That is a fascinating predicament. #epistemology

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) May 8, 2019

The first solution you come to should not be your final solution. #complexity

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) April 27, 2019

There is no root cause for a complex problem, but a complex “web” of causes 🕸. Quine’s idea of web of belief makes a lot of sense. #FridayThoughts #complexity

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) April 26, 2019

Thesis – The triad of Thesis, Antithesis & Synthesis (TAS) is a caricature of Hegel’s Dialectics.
Antithesis- Actually, TAS is a quite useful representation, even though Hegel didn’t write about it.
Synthesis- Hegel is phenomenal. #Philosophy #Hegel

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) April 23, 2019

The less you know, the more you think you know. The more you know, the less you think you know. Dunning-Kruger and its corollary.#mondaythoughts

— Harish Jose (@harish_josev) April 22, 2019

Always keep on learning…