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Trond Hjorteland<p>Fun being on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://forall.social/@laraghavan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>laraghavan</span></a></span>'s Cyb3rSyn Labs podcast talking about <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SocioTechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocioTechnical</span></a> systems and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSystemsTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSystemsTheory</span></a>.</p><p>"Tune in to learn how to evolve your management practices and drive better organizational outcomes." <br><a href="https://www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/from-mechanical-to-sociotechnical" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cyb3rsyn.com/p/from-mechanical</span><span class="invisible">-to-sociotechnical</span></a></p>
Sebastian Hans<p>New blog post: Endless possibilities (a socio-technical API pattern) - in which I describe what unchecked API growth can look like.<br>(Another one for you, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@einarwh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>einarwh</span></a></span>) </p><p><a href="https://sebastian-hans.de/blog/endless-possibilities/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sebastian-hans.de/blog/endless</span><span class="invisible">-possibilities/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/softwareengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>softwareengineering</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociotechnical</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/APIdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APIdesign</span></a></p>
HackThePromise~~~~<br> HackThePromise 2025 explores hacking as a socio-technical practice and a method of resistance, imagination, and transformation. It’s about breaking open systems, challenging power, and rehearsing new futures. From creative interventions to grassroots infrastructures, the festival invites playful, political, and artistic hacks that rethink how we live, learn, organize—and dream of what comes next.<br> <br> 📰 Read more about the festival topic here:<br> <a href="https://hackthepromise.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://hackthepromise.org</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/htp25?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#htp25</a><br> #🧠🛠💻🔮🪄<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/hackingsystems?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackingsystems</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/hackingfutures?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackingfutures</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/topic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#topic</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/hacking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/sociotechnical?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociotechnical</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/whoownsthefuture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whoownsthefuture</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/breakingopen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breakingopen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/rewiring?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rewiring</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/experimenting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#experimenting</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/festival?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#festival</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/digitality?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitality</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/society?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#society</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/hackthepromise?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackthepromise</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/opencall?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opencall</a>
Amin Girasol<p>Mind blown:</p><blockquote><p>A history of simulation technology in the space program has yet to be written</p></blockquote><p>Digital Apollo, David A. Mindell</p><p><a href="https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/3182/Digital-ApolloHuman-and-Machine-in-Spaceflight" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">direct.mit.edu/books/book/3182</span><span class="invisible">/Digital-ApolloHuman-and-Machine-in-Spaceflight</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HistoryOfTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Systems</span></a></p>
HackThePromise<br> <br> 📣 Call for Participation out for HackThePromise 2025 deadline May 31.<br> <br> hacking as a socio-technical practice /// who owns the future /// breaking open, rewiring and experimenting<br> <br> 📲more info link in bio<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/HTP25?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HTP25</a><br> #🧠🛠💻🔮<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/hackingsystems?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackingsystems</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/hackingfutures?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackingfutures</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/hacking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/sociotechnical?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociotechnical</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/whoownsthefuture?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#whoownsthefuture</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/breakingopen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breakingopen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/rewiring?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rewiring</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/experimenting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#experimenting</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/festival?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#festival</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/digitality?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitality</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/society?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#society</a><br> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/hackthepromise?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackthepromise</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/opencall?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opencall</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/basel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basel</a>
Trond Hjorteland<p>New blog post: </p><p>Given that work also produces people, in addition to products and services, how can we make sure that we create a work environment that makes the world a better place?</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/work-produce-people-far-reaching-effects-design-trond-hjorteland-8tm5f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/pulse/work-produc</span><span class="invisible">e-people-far-reaching-effects-design-trond-hjorteland-8tm5f</span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SocioTechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocioTechnical</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSystems</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OrgDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrgDesign</span></a></p>
Jacqui Read<p>Thank you so much to Sonya Natanzon and Vlad Khononov for their talk on Complexity and Modularity. An insightful talk linking the technical and the social. There were lots of 💡 ah-ha moments!</p><p>Get the slides here: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7302701447433863170" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l</span><span class="invisible">i:activity:7302701447433863170</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/softwareDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>softwareDesign</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/softwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>softwareDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/softwareArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>softwareArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ddd" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ddd</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/domainDrivenDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>domainDrivenDesign</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/socioTechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socioTechnical</span></a></p>
craque is icumen in 🏳️‍🌈<p>"Whatever calamity strikes, we must never give up our human connections."</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/ConnectiveLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConnectiveLabor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AllisonPugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllisonPugh</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SRE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SRE</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sounding.com/2025/02/21/sociotechnical/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sounding.com/2025/02/21/sociot</span><span class="invisible">echnical/</span></a></p>
Ruth — of systems & em dashes<p>Trond used these principles (the full set; i sampled from Cherns) to inspire and organize a thread that was originally on twitter, and I was sad to lose access to it, so I urged <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@trondhjort" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>trondhjort</span></a></span> to bring it over here (and 🦋). Trond’s principles start with Cherns and then extend well beyond. Nice body of work collated, synthesized and extended there.</p><p>🐘<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@trondhjort/113487449064207618" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hachyderm.io/@trondhjort/11348</span><span class="invisible">7449064207618</span></a></p><p>🦋 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/trond.hjorteland.com/post/3lawj3q5p222" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/trond.hjortel</span><span class="invisible">and.com/post/3lawj3q5p222</span></a></p><p>See Trond’s posts on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociotechnical</span></a></p>
Matthew Reinbold<p>I badly need this shirt for my next software governance consultation.</p><p><a href="https://opinuendo.com/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> <a href="https://opinuendo.com/tags/sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociotechnical</span></a></p>
Trond Hjorteland<p>This concludes my thread on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sociotechnical</span></a> design principles. If you like to have a look, use this as an entry point, as the threading was a bit tricky to get right. Click on each one for more details. There are so many valuable insights here that we need when establishing sociotechnical systems</p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>Discretionary coalition – a population engaged in deliberations.</p><p>The second pattern from Pava is the social artefact matching the technical one, the deliberation. It was a novel organizing principle where the formal organization chart became scaffolding.<br><a href="https://stsroundtable.com/wp-content/uploads/Pava-Redesigning-STS-Design.1986.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stsroundtable.com/wp-content/u</span><span class="invisible">ploads/Pava-Redesigning-STS-Design.1986.pdf</span></a></p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>Deliberations – sequence of exchanges and communication</p><p>In the 80s, Calvin Pava felt that STS needed updating to keep pace with change and accommodate non-linear and non-routine knowledge work. He proposed extending the design practice with two patterns,<br><a href="https://stsroundtable.com/wp-content/uploads/Pava-Redesigning-STS-Design.1986.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stsroundtable.com/wp-content/u</span><span class="invisible">ploads/Pava-Redesigning-STS-Design.1986.pdf</span></a></p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>Self-Regulating Work Groups</p><p>This makes an organisational pattern frequently used in STS explicit.<br>Berniker '96: "The self-regulating work group is the building block of the organization. Design work groups rather than individual jobs."</p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>Work as Problem-Solving Action and Motivated Behavior</p><p>Paradoxically, work can be seen as behaviour controlled by psychological needs and job satisfaction on one side, while on the other it is about autonomous capacities to adapt, control, and manage problems.<br><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-GsDvi9hAZjaxrL1LkBA5TqsuNPW-IEz/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/file/d/1-GsDv</span><span class="invisible">i9hAZjaxrL1LkBA5TqsuNPW-IEz/view?usp=sharing</span></a></p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>System design involves political processes.</p><p>"Design debates concerning values, choices, ownership, processes, task allocation, evaluation, and resources inevitably raise political issues in organizations."<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687000000090" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0003687000000090</span></a></p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>Resources and support are required for design.</p><p>Not included in Cherns' but is implicit in his arguments. Resources here are interpreted very broadly, e.g. money, time, knowledge, skill, methods, techniques, and mechanisms.<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687000000090" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0003687000000090</span></a></p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>Design involves multidisciplinary education.</p><p>Again Clegg makes what is implicit in Cherns' principles, highlighting the importance of multiple perspectives in design, with partial forms of expertise and views of the world.<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687000000090" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0003687000000090</span></a></p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>Evaluation is an essential aspect of design.</p><p>Cherns covered this in Incompletion but it's dealt with explicitly here as evaluations are frequently omitted for human, political, and organizational reasons.<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687000000090" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0003687000000090</span></a></p>
Trond Hjorteland<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sociotechnical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociotechnical</span></a> principle of the day:</p><p>Systems and their design should be owned by their managers and their users.</p><p>This amends the participative design aspect, moving the focus from user participation to user ownership.<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003687000000090" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S0003687000000090</span></a></p>