Steve Whitla

Visual thinking + Systems thinking = Making the world a more meaningful place

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

My TEDx talk is back online now - making the world more meaningful through maps and systems thinking:

https://t.co/ousw1vIr27

[Ivo Velitchkov @kvistgaard]

You can now pre-order the Kindle edition of the Personal Knowledge Graphs book.

https://t.co/JKLakBEuV8

#PKG #KnowledgeGraphs #TfT

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

@Mappletons I love those books - reading them in hardback is an example in itself of the "quality without a name" he was trying to describe

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

@Mappletons Really enjoyed this - thankyou

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

When George Orwell worked at KPMG https://t.co/tuSwYzZufq

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

"Every time I work or give I discover a little bit more about why I am." - Etsko Schuitema

[David Chapman @Meaningness]

It’s weird how certain everyone sounds in their opinions about AI safety (in twitter replies to me).

My academic papers about AI have been cited ~5000 times, so I’m not completely ignorant—

and I don’t have a clue.

Maybe y’all could try to be a little less certain too?

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

Whenever I look at the Theory U diagram I think of the Amazon logo, which is not the association you want really

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

Disney film contains surprisingly deep insights into systems practice … https://t.co/gPzWDxaDTB

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

If the purpose of a system is what it does, there must be some interesting parallels between the ISO Catalogue and the DSM

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

So true

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

@michaelthaber Hey Mike, I almost forgot too until proof copies of the paperback turned up on my doorstep! Hope you enjoy it and look forward to hearing what you think - the final section on shared meaning is ripe for a sequel ...

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

@michaelthaber @HSNOTTS took me a minute to realise that was a cloverleaf ... first thing I saw was a nasty smell? 🤔

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

This was so much fun, what better way to end the year than by talking shared meaning with some crazy data scientists in Texas. You guys are awesome - thanks for having me on.

[Juan Sequeda @juansequeda]

We had a phenomenal conversation with @swhitla on Catalog & Cocktails @HonestNoBSData podcast about shared meaning. Takeaways:
- Meaning is when you connect to experiences.
- Shared meaning is when we get the same feeling of excitement together
- You need to draw more!

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

Just came across this page in a popular EA text, and thinking how the medium really is the message. That this information is being expressed in this tone is a much better indication of why the problems exist than any of the suggestions in the actual text

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

@gotynker is there another way to get support apart from email? The last reply I got was in July, I've been emailing every week or two over the last few months, but no one ever replies.

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

I haven't had time to write much this year, but these thoughts have been percolating for the last six months since reading Walter Isaacson's biography of Leonardo, and contrasting Leonardo's approach with my day-to-day experience of management consulting:
https://t.co/ZMz6NmyHqi

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

@antlerboy Has anyone mentioned the Well Tempered Klavier?

[Steve Whitla @swhitla]

@antlerboy Indeed!!!