Benjamin P Taylor
@antlerboy.com
systems | cybernetics | complexity
public | service | transformation
business evolutionary | avid learner
#wordrotator #poastrationalist
https://chosen-path.org
connect at antlerboy.com
redquadrant.com
publicservicetransformation.org
skeeting personally
public | service | transformation
business evolutionary | avid learner
#wordrotator #poastrationalist
https://chosen-path.org
connect at antlerboy.com
redquadrant.com
publicservicetransformation.org
skeeting personally
A Post-Tragic Worldview (with Alexander Love) www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Xu...
A Post-Tragic Worldview (with Alexander Love)
In this new Integral Stage episode, Layman sits down again with Alexander Love to explore the roots and contours of a post-tragic worldview.
Check out Integral Stage episodes on the Fathom…
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February 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM
A Post-Tragic Worldview (with Alexander Love) www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Xu...
#131 - The Age of Potency: How Meaning, Work, and Trust Are Being Rewritten - with Jasmine Bina www.youtube.com/watch?v=piZ6...
#131 - The Age of Potency: How Meaning, Work, and Trust Are Being Rewritten - with Jasmine Bina
What happens when work no longer guarantees reward and time itself feels unanchored?
In this episode, Jasmine Bina - brand strategist, cultural futurist, and CEO of Concept Bureau - joins us to…
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February 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM
#131 - The Age of Potency: How Meaning, Work, and Trust Are Being Rewritten - with Jasmine Bina www.youtube.com/watch?v=piZ6...
Assessing Dynamic Capabilities in City Governments: Creating a Public Sector Capabilities Index bit.ly/46Tqag0
Assessing Dynamic Capabilities in City Governments: Creating a Public Sector Capabilities Index
Authored by Rainer Kattel, Mariana Mazzucato, Ruth Puttick, Bec Chau, Dan Hill, Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Anna Goulden, Kwame Baafi, Manuel Maldonado Acosta, Mia Tarp, Nai Lee Kalema and Fernando Monge
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Assessing Dynamic Capabilities in City Governments: Creating a Public Sector Capabilities Index bit.ly/46Tqag0
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10/10 no notes @brucehalperin.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
10/10 no notes @brucehalperin.bsky.social
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People have actually been throwing dildos at ICE in Minnesota
The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.
The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
People have actually been throwing dildos at ICE in Minnesota
The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.
The Great Dildo Rebellion is here.
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Problematique Dialogue + Conversation as Process and Connection | Systems Thinking Ontario | 20260209 stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/17/p...
Problematique Dialogue + Conversation as Process and Connection | Systems Thinking Ontario | 20260209
February 16, 2026 daviding Problematique Dialogue + Conversation as Process and Connection | Systems Thinking Ontario | 20260209 February 16, 2026 daviding Problematique Dialogue +…
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February 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Problematique Dialogue + Conversation as Process and Connection | Systems Thinking Ontario | 20260209 stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/17/p...
Harish’s Notebook: When the Map Becomes More Coherent Than the Territory – Jose (2026) stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/17/h...
Harish’s Notebook: When the Map Becomes More Coherent Than the Territory – Jose (2026)
Visit the post for more.
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February 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Harish’s Notebook: When the Map Becomes More Coherent Than the Territory – Jose (2026) stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/17/h...
a new home for Krishan Mathis’ Viability Canvas at Tautai Salon stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/17/a...
a new home for Krishan Mathis’ Viability Canvas at Tautai Salon
VSM and Viablity Canvasnow at VSM and Viablity Canvas
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February 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
a new home for Krishan Mathis’ Viability Canvas at Tautai Salon stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/17/a...
Public services don’t fail primarily because of money, digital, or process but because they are numb to themselves. Systems practice is a humanism; a responsibility. We draw a line: service / citizen. Systems practice helps us see the implications of that and work relationaly. buff.ly/S6KhiwV
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Public services don’t fail primarily because of money, digital, or process but because they are numb to themselves. Systems practice is a humanism; a responsibility. We draw a line: service / citizen. Systems practice helps us see the implications of that and work relationaly. buff.ly/S6KhiwV
Racism, narcissism, and integrity. | Bell, 1978 bit.ly/4kIrisK
Racism: A Symptom of the Narcissistic Personality | Bell, 1980 bit.ly/4rZl22m
Racism: A Symptom of the Narcissistic Personality | Bell, 1980 bit.ly/4rZl22m
www.semanticscholar.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Racism, narcissism, and integrity. | Bell, 1978 bit.ly/4kIrisK
Racism: A Symptom of the Narcissistic Personality | Bell, 1980 bit.ly/4rZl22m
Racism: A Symptom of the Narcissistic Personality | Bell, 1980 bit.ly/4rZl22m
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Slides + web video of "Problematique Dialogue + Conversation as Process and Connection" from #SystemsThinking Ontario from 2026-02-09. sLab at OCAD University is evolving Banathy Conversation from residency to urban campus. Advance Call for Participation for May.
coevolving.com/blogs/proble...
coevolving.com/blogs/proble...
February 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Slides + web video of "Problematique Dialogue + Conversation as Process and Connection" from #SystemsThinking Ontario from 2026-02-09. sLab at OCAD University is evolving Banathy Conversation from residency to urban campus. Advance Call for Participation for May.
coevolving.com/blogs/proble...
coevolving.com/blogs/proble...
NEEDED: SYSTEMS THINKING IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS – Conway (2024) stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/16/n...
NEEDED: SYSTEMS THINKING IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS – Conway (2024)
h/t Ivo Velitchkov Introduction What is systems thinking? The answer depends on whom you ask. Here are two commonperspectives from which you will get two different answers. Engineering. Here, syste…
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February 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
NEEDED: SYSTEMS THINKING IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS – Conway (2024) stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/16/n...
Commissioning: lessons from the last 30 years and implications for the new role of ICBs www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/co...
Commissioning: lessons from the last 30 years and implications for the new role of ICBs
Since its introduction in 1990, the commissioning layer of the NHS has been the most reorganised part of the health service, and it is changing once again. In this guest article, Nigel Edwards…
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February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Commissioning: lessons from the last 30 years and implications for the new role of ICBs www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/co...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
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February 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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"Even if your social or professional life does not demand it, your patriotism demands that you keep your face bright and attractive so that you radiate optimism."
I went through a book about make-up recently and thought you'd enjoy some of it
Does your reflection give you 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 the satisfaction it gave you in 1914?
Does your reflection give you 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 the satisfaction it gave you in 1914?
February 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
"Even if your social or professional life does not demand it, your patriotism demands that you keep your face bright and attractive so that you radiate optimism."
Joe Taylor's substack: dust and joy
bit.ly/4tTCDdM
bit.ly/4tTCDdM
Joe Taylor | Substack
why? Click to read Joe Taylor, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
dustandjoy.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Joe Taylor's substack: dust and joy
bit.ly/4tTCDdM
bit.ly/4tTCDdM
Good *grief* but personal identity verification for directors and persons of significant interest on gov dot uk / Companies House is a bloody mess!
February 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Good *grief* but personal identity verification for directors and persons of significant interest on gov dot uk / Companies House is a bloody mess!
Peter Tuddenham on LinkedIn – mapping Claude’s eight conversation surfaces through the lens of Gordon Pask’s conversation theory stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/15/p...
Peter Tuddenham on LinkedIn – mapping Claude’s eight conversation surfaces through the lens of Gordon Pask’s conversation theory
Peter writes: “I’ve spent 40 years applying cybernetic frameworks to real organisations — from the U.S. Army War College to UNESCO to distributed educator networks spanning 18,000 participant…
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February 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Peter Tuddenham on LinkedIn – mapping Claude’s eight conversation surfaces through the lens of Gordon Pask’s conversation theory stream.syscoi.com/2026/02/15/p...
(Not recently updated) rough draft systems | complexity | cybernetics reading list bit.ly/40dOUMi
Updated rough draft systems | complexity | cybernetics reading list
See my post on LinkedIn (replicated below) and join the discussion there: pdf: Commentable Google Doc: How do you get into systems | complexity | cybernetics? Here’s my rough reading list. Th…
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February 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
(Not recently updated) rough draft systems | complexity | cybernetics reading list bit.ly/40dOUMi
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SCiO monthly event update – welcoming a new SCiO chapter in Poland! Systems and complexity in organisation, the systems practice professional body buff.ly/KFhxZ2E
SCiO monthly event update – welcoming a new SCiO chapter in Poland! Systems and complexity in organisation, the systems practice professional body
Hello and welcome to the end of January mailing from SCiO. Please check the Events page on the website for updates We welcome a new SCiO chapter in Poland this month. They hav…
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February 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
SCiO monthly event update – welcoming a new SCiO chapter in Poland! Systems and complexity in organisation, the systems practice professional body buff.ly/KFhxZ2E
My faith in myself to have an ongoing relationship with objects that are not immediately visible is touching and ill-informed. (had the pleasant surprise of discovering a fresh pack of prescription medication closed in the bathroom cabinet just after ordering a fresh pack of prescription medication)
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
My faith in myself to have an ongoing relationship with objects that are not immediately visible is touching and ill-informed. (had the pleasant surprise of discovering a fresh pack of prescription medication closed in the bathroom cabinet just after ordering a fresh pack of prescription medication)
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Now, this is up my street!
Yet, I'd've liked stronger final claim:
We bring forth a world in drawing distinctions: this *is* the nature of knowledge.
You can't remove yourself from your distinctions.
Although, in conversing a community can create standards to bring forth "objective" distinctions.
Yet, I'd've liked stronger final claim:
We bring forth a world in drawing distinctions: this *is* the nature of knowledge.
You can't remove yourself from your distinctions.
Although, in conversing a community can create standards to bring forth "objective" distinctions.
New on Substack: New post: Why does dividing curriculum into knowledge components feel so unstable? Because we're imposing localist structure on a distributed system. The brain doesn't store knowledge in pieces. profbeckyallen.substack.com/p/curriculum...
Curriculum Is a Localist Model of a Distributed Mind
The problem with dividing knowledge into pieces
profbeckyallen.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Now, this is up my street!
Yet, I'd've liked stronger final claim:
We bring forth a world in drawing distinctions: this *is* the nature of knowledge.
You can't remove yourself from your distinctions.
Although, in conversing a community can create standards to bring forth "objective" distinctions.
Yet, I'd've liked stronger final claim:
We bring forth a world in drawing distinctions: this *is* the nature of knowledge.
You can't remove yourself from your distinctions.
Although, in conversing a community can create standards to bring forth "objective" distinctions.
The Armando Iannucci Shows - S01E02 - "Work" www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnQs...
The Armando Iannucci Shows - S01E02 - "Work"
This episode was originally broadcast on Channel 4 on 6th September 2001.
This video isn't monetised.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:05 PM
The Armando Iannucci Shows - S01E02 - "Work" www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnQs...