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December 13, 2008
Russell Ackoff Videos
New Ackoff videos have been posted on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJxWoZJAD8k
(part 1 on the difference between analysis and synthesis... only synthesis
answers the question "Why?" as contrasted with "What?")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdBiXbuD1h4
(part 2 on the difference between analysis and synthesis... including talking
about what makes a system a system)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBrEJjT-dWU
(part 3 on how architects think systemically... on how the best parts don't
automatically make the best "whole"...and on what real problem solving
involves)
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