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Cat Swetel provides an approach for incurring variety where it makes sense within the coherence of a longer-term vision. Filmed at qconlondon.com.
Cat Swetel specializes in using Lean techniques to increase the agility and adaptability of large technology organizations. She has worked with several Fortune 100 companies in highly regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare. She has been invited to speak about her pragmatic approach to enabling technology leaders to make better, more timely, data-informed decisions.
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26. “The larger the variety of
actions available to a
system, the larger variety of
the perturbations it is able to
compensate.”
Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety
27. “The larger the variety of
actions available to a
system, the larger variety of
the perturbations it is able to
compensate.”
Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety
28. What actions are available
to a system?
A question only you can answer
@catswetel #qconlondon
37. “The larger the variety of
actions available to a
system, the larger variety of
the perturbations it is able to
compensate.”
Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety
43. Intent What I want right now
How will we know when
we’ve arrived?
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44. Intent What I want right now
Reason for change What will happen if we
don’t get it
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45. Intent What I want right now
Reason for change What will happen if we
don’t get it
Current state What I notice
@catswetel #qconlondon
46. Intent What I want right now
Reason for change What will happen if we
don’t get it
Current state What I notice
Rules, habits, and
constraints
Define the playing field
@catswetel #qconlondon
47. Intent What I want right now
Reason for change What will happen if we
don’t get it
Current state What I notice
Rules, habits, and
constraints
Define the playing field
Leading indicators Stories and metrics
@catswetel #qconlondon
48. Intent What I want right now
Reason for change What will happen if we
don’t get it
Current state What I notice
Rules, habits, and
constraints
Define the playing field
Leading indicators Stories and metrics
Episode Name
56. “The larger the variety of
actions available to a
system, the larger variety of
the perturbations it is able to
compensate.”
Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety
57. If we want a variety of
actions available, we need a
variety of people from a
variety of circumstances with
a variety of experiences.
@catswetel #qconlondon
58. “Organizations which design
systems ... are constrained to
produce designs which are
copies of the communication
structures of these
organizations”
Conway’s Law
59. What if our thinking patterns
manifest in our systems?
What if our users end up
with the same thinking
patterns?
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