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by hasmanean 1524 days ago
Systems thinking is great but he way we reason about organizations and systems in a pretty medieval way.

Most systems are described in a simple way: box and line charts which are just voodoo.

We need to develop a algebraic notation for how to represent the various configurations/states of an organization, along with its operations.

With a notation, you can describe what you “feel” and share the knowledge and improve on it. You can also define the organizations desired state and track your progress. You can plop a new manager in it and they will know what to do. You can also do basic engineering like pick a configuration that has the desired cost, throughout and latency that you need.

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BPMN 2.0 is a reasonable start.