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The WOPRS Organization Model
- asplake 5y agoSearched the article in vain for any reference to management cybernetics or the viable system model (VSM). The models referenced here are fine as far as they go, but in the end they’re not much more than bullet points, lacking somewhat in interesting structure. Video of my recent webinar on a model integrating VSM with things more familiar to people in product development: https://blog.agendashift.com/2021/09/10/up-and-down-the-deliberately-adaptive-organisation/ https://blog.agendashift.com/2021/09/10/up-and-down-the-deli...
- wcerfgba 5y agoThanks for the pointer to VSM, I've not come across that before! I will probably update the essay at some point when I've had more feedback and started playing around with the ideas more. As for the other mentioned models, I mainly just wanted to define their factors so I could show how WOPRS relates to these models, rather than providing a thorough treatment of those models in my essay: there is plenty already written about them and I've included some authoritative sources in the references. :)
- asplake 5y agoFair enough, and I’m a collector of these things myself! I’m easy enough to find if you have questions
- matthewmcg 5y agoThis is a joke, right? For context: “whopper” can mean “a big lie” and the malignant malfunctioning computer in War Games was called W.O.P.R., for “war operations plan response.”
- wcerfgba 5y agoIt's not a joke but yes, I am aware that the name is amusing ;)
- mc32 5y agoFirst thing that came to my mind was the War Games computer too. How can one not think to that as a reference?
- dylan604 5y agowhy was it malfunctioning? it was doing just as it was programmed to do, learning. maybe in certain circles it might be called malfunctioning on trying to better oneself by learning new things, but around here, it's actually encouraged.
- dredmorbius 5y agoPaperclip maximiser.
- dylan604 5y agoVery strange game. It seems the only winning move is not to play.