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What’s The Problem?
•Business Baggage (confusing what and how)
•Paving Cow Paths (automating ancient paradigms)
•Confusing Syntax with Semantics – examples of bad syntax, e.g.
•a Customer,  a Member, an Issue, a Security
•ROOT PROBLEM: We confuse WHOM we have a relationship WITH the relationship
Spend time on this page.
•Talk about:
•Searching for the modeling/thought enabler that facilitates a change.
•I’ve been thinking and applying the learnings for many years; hard to articulate. Actually, a friend of mine, Doug McDavid pointed out Alfred Korzybski’s work – we’ll talk more later.
•Often these technique are met with resistance since it is not “modeling as usual”.
•There have been technology constraints (to a certain degree) as well.
•Example of the WHEEL. Flying – flapping wings (although theyare having success with electronic bees and flies.
•Ancient ways of thinking continue for force inelegant, brittle solutions.
•It also discourages changes in how we conduct business.