In this series I want to discuss the various IT concepts that we have to deal with every day.
The Fallacy of Business Process Management
Hi Max,
I attended the ISIS Papyrus Open House in June in Kingsclere last year and during your introductory speech you mentioned a couple of reference books that you found inspiring. Unfortunately I didn’t make a note of them but can remember that they had something to do with quantum physics and the chaos theory. Could you please give me the name of them as I would like to read them.
Many thanks,
Ian
By: Ian Hewett on April 10, 2008
at 4:34 pm
Hi Ian, nice to hear from you.
It will depend on your own mindset whether you find the inspiring. For me these books opened my eyes to the foolishness of IT people trying to rationalize our existence mathematically with business intelligence, process management and decision theory. Human social interactions are complex adaptive systems that defy mathematics.
But here they are:
“Wholeness and the Implicate Order” by David Bohm (2002)
“Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You” by Gerd Gigerenzer (2003)
“Adaptive Thinking: Rationality in the Real World” by Gerd Gigerenzer (2002)
“Capitalism and Freedom” by Milton Friedman (1962)
“The Emotion Machine” by Marvin Minsky (2006)
“Descartes Error” by Antonio Damasio (2005)
That mix should explain some of my unconventional IT thinking.
Thanks for checking in. Regards, Max
By: Max Pucher on April 10, 2008
at 5:20 pm
