Strategy Theory

How might we evolve the ways our systems think?

We are not machines.

Many modern institutions and social systems approach learning as if people were machines.

Participatory systems shape our lives, communities, and futures.

Our environment determines the options available to us, our communities, and future generations.

What’s embodied shows up in each interaction with our environment.

These system-antics have something to say about what we embody.

Institutions, for example, model incentives that gamify how we work and live.

Organizations design social systems and institutions.

Over time, communities and organizations emerge.

Relationships are how we organize.

Communication can mend or tear the fabric of our relationships.

How we learn affects how we communicate.

From a young age, double bind scenarios and societal rifts tend to undermine how we learn.

Strategy theory examines how mutual learning can enable social systems and institutions to evolve in relationship with our environment.

Strategy Theory: A Primer on Cybernetic Decision-Making

Today, this nascent artifact has a (tentative) name

In January 2023 I started working on a book-shaped thing about systemic trauma, cybernetics, maps, naming things, generalizing design strategy, and more.