Systems thinking and (the) systems science(s) in a system of ideas
On the discussion list of the Systems Science Working Group, there’s a request to comment on the Overview of Systems Science wiki page (draft version 0.5) that is part of the Guide to Systems...
View ArticleThe Meta-design of Dialogues as Inquiring Systems
Dialogic design and systems thinking can be closely related, although not everyone appreciates the ties.See it on Scoop.it, via Service Science Management Engineering
View ArticleService Science, Management And Engineering Education For The 21st Century
xxsurl.com Service Science, Management And Engineering Education For The 21st Century Increasingly, academic and industrial leaders are ...youtube.com...See it on Scoop.it, via Service Science...
View ArticleThe Service 50 Snapshot
The first quarter of this year was rather flat for the fifty technology companies TSIA tracks in the TSIA Service 50. This Thursday I will be reviewing how these companies performed in Q2. Did the...
View ArticleIs that affordance essential? (HSSE)
For the 1st International Conference on Human Side of Service Innovation, I had been asked by Kelly Lyons to contribute an article for a session on Frameworks for Service Systems.See it on Scoop.it,...
View ArticleRethinking Systems Thinking: Learning and coevolving with the world
In a plenary dialectic session, I gave an address — in a position twinned with Rafael Ramirez — at the 56th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences at San Jose State...
View ArticleOrg Structure in Technology Services
Several years ago, TSIA conducted a survey on how the reporting lines for service organizations were stuctured within product companies. Below is one of the graphs from Service Insight I wrote after...
View ArticleA Theory of the Offering, and Changes in Business Strategy in a...
In the service management literature, a “theory of the offering” is an alternative to a “theory of the firm”.See it on Scoop.it, via Service Science Management Engineering
View ArticleSo what is “Premium Support” in the world of cloud computing?
Amazon.com has become a substantial player in the world of cloud computing. Amazon (yes, the online book seller) provides cloud offerings to host web services, storage, and computing cycles for...
View ArticleService Revenue Generation: A New Frontier
Late last year, TSIA launched a new services research discipline focused on the practices and metrics associated with service revenue generation.See it on Scoop.it, via Service Science Management...
View ArticleAn interview on “Service Systems, Natural Systems” and the systems sciences
An interview by Performance magazine — with an issue focused on systems in architecture and related disciplines — has now been published.See it on Scoop.it, via Service Science Management Engineering
View ArticleA Platform for Recognizing Service Innovation
The technology industry is enamored with technology innovation—as it should be. Technology innovation creates “oohs and aahs” from customers and analysts. But in the technology industry, the fastest...
View ArticleRecords, Runways, and Tech
This week I am in Silicon Valley, hosting the Technology Services World conference. There are over seven hundred professionals representing 200+ technology companies at this gathering.See it on...
View ArticleSystems thinking, systems that learn, and learning in service systems
Does systems thinking lead to systems that can learn as they evolve (or devolve)? How does a service system continue to learn about purposes (and objectives and goals) in its wholes and its parts?See...
View ArticleTSIA Point of View: Should Cost Pricing
This week we received an inquiry from one of our members: We are seeing a new approach to negotiation of pricing for some of our services – what is being called “Clean Sheet” or “Should Cost”...
View ArticleCommonalities and potential synergies between systems engineering and systems...
Where might systems engineers and systems scientists productively collaborate? The idea is simple; responses require some deliberation.See it on Scoop.it, via Service Science Management Engineering
View ArticleTeaching Service Innovation
There are four major approaches to teaching service innovation: 1.See it on Scoop.it, via Service Science Management Engineering
View ArticleTeaching Service Innovation
There are four major approaches to teaching service innovation: 1.See it on Scoop.it, via Service Science Management Engineering
View ArticleSampling of HBR Articles Cited in the Service Science Literature
76 Harvard Business Review (HBR) articles relevant to the emerging service science literature Three Questions: - What are your top three favorites from the list below?See it on Scoop.it, via Service...
View ArticleThe long and winding road we travel in the name of innovation
Innovation is a long hard and tough journey. Regretfully we do ourselves no favours in not having a common language, a repository of proven techniques and methodologies.See it on Scoop.it, via Service...
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