Trond Hjorteland
@trond.hjorteland.com
A student of open sociotechnical systems at Capra with a ghoulish sense of post-punk and a geeky interest in science and systems thinking. He/him.
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Trond Hjorteland
@trond.hjorteland.com
· Jan 15
This concludes my thread on sociotechnical 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
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If you ask an AI chatbot to name a random number between 1 and 10, 90% of the time it responds with 7.
November 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
If you ask an AI chatbot to name a random number between 1 and 10, 90% of the time it responds with 7.
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But the real challenge comes when tackling the core of the legacy, especially the data, that has many dependencies and is hard to untangle.
And picking too many quick wins can increase overall complexity that makes untangling the core even harder.
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And picking too many quick wins can increase overall complexity that makes untangling the core even harder.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
But the real challenge comes when tackling the core of the legacy, especially the data, that has many dependencies and is hard to untangle.
And picking too many quick wins can increase overall complexity that makes untangling the core even harder.
2/4
And picking too many quick wins can increase overall complexity that makes untangling the core even harder.
2/4
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Do we need software architects? A question that always sparks debate. We held an open discussion on the role, its anti-patterns, and expectations. Missed it? You can rewatch the session or listen to the podcast on our website.
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Do we need software architects?
Do Software architects have a bad name? Why? What are your expectations, what anti-patterns you experience? What are you thankful for from your architects? Should you have a software architect in the…
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November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Do we need software architects? A question that always sparks debate. We held an open discussion on the role, its anti-patterns, and expectations. Missed it? You can rewatch the session or listen to the podcast on our website.
buff.ly/fCTti5d
buff.ly/fCTti5d
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If you’re changing the org chart, don’t design it behind closed doors and introduce it in a top-down manner—that’s a terrible way to foster aligned autonomy as it robs people of their sense of autonomy. Instead, the people affected by the redesign exercise should be involved as much as possible.
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you’re changing the org chart, don’t design it behind closed doors and introduce it in a top-down manner—that’s a terrible way to foster aligned autonomy as it robs people of their sense of autonomy. Instead, the people affected by the redesign exercise should be involved as much as possible.
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“The hardest part (of deciding) is framing the problem. It is also the part we spend the least amount of time on.”
This is _so_ true.
👏🏻 @gienverschatse.com closing #NewCrafts #Paris 2025.
This is _so_ true.
👏🏻 @gienverschatse.com closing #NewCrafts #Paris 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“The hardest part (of deciding) is framing the problem. It is also the part we spend the least amount of time on.”
This is _so_ true.
👏🏻 @gienverschatse.com closing #NewCrafts #Paris 2025.
This is _so_ true.
👏🏻 @gienverschatse.com closing #NewCrafts #Paris 2025.
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Hypothesis: Because "sociotechnical architecture" is necessary, but no way near sufficient? That sociotechnical is about the social being at least equally important as the technical. Conway is just a signal, an eye-opener to the real problem that is joint optimisation of the two.
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hypothesis: Because "sociotechnical architecture" is necessary, but no way near sufficient? That sociotechnical is about the social being at least equally important as the technical. Conway is just a signal, an eye-opener to the real problem that is joint optimisation of the two.
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“Anarchy doesn’t mean you can’t organise, but it should be done voluntary, functional, temporal and small”
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“Anarchy doesn’t mean you can’t organise, but it should be done voluntary, functional, temporal and small”
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At @newcrafts.bsky.social watching @andrewhl.bsky.social talk about anarchy and how we can organise ourselves differently in our company instead of the hierarchy we have gotten so used to.
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
At @newcrafts.bsky.social watching @andrewhl.bsky.social talk about anarchy and how we can organise ourselves differently in our company instead of the hierarchy we have gotten so used to.
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Really do think it is risky to use that model to implement our IT systems, an the other way around, that we limit our framing to what we can do in code. What we implement is a reductionistic version of it, a closed system. The model we create for understanding should encapsulate the complexity.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Really do think it is risky to use that model to implement our IT systems, an the other way around, that we limit our framing to what we can do in code. What we implement is a reductionistic version of it, a closed system. The model we create for understanding should encapsulate the complexity.
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It's also that people seem to read weird things into it, like all models are equally wrong, or all models are equally useful, or all models are useful on the same parameters, or that models are uniformly wrong or useful irrespective of context. I could go on.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It's also that people seem to read weird things into it, like all models are equally wrong, or all models are equally useful, or all models are useful on the same parameters, or that models are uniformly wrong or useful irrespective of context. I could go on.
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Tonight, at Goldie, Oslo 👻
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Tonight, at Goldie, Oslo 👻
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– Nivået på kodingen er lavere nå, enn for fire år siden, sier sensor, og tror dagens studenter mangler mengdetrening. 🤖
– De spør ofte KI-verktøyene om å kode for dem, bekrefter student.
– De spør ofte KI-verktøyene om å kode for dem, bekrefter student.
– Nivået på koding er lavere nå
Sensor Vemund Santi mener KI gjør studenter dårligere på å programmere. – De spør ofte verktøyene om å kode for dem, bekrefter studentforening.
www.kode24.no
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
– Nivået på kodingen er lavere nå, enn for fire år siden, sier sensor, og tror dagens studenter mangler mengdetrening. 🤖
– De spør ofte KI-verktøyene om å kode for dem, bekrefter student.
– De spør ofte KI-verktøyene om å kode for dem, bekrefter student.
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The talk by @trond.hjorteland.com just finished and it left me feeling full of curiosity and things I want to learn more about.
I really enjoyed that he talked about systems in terms of teams, forests, open and closed, philosophy , Ackhoff, Meadows and so much more
virtualddd.com/sessions/see...
I really enjoyed that he talked about systems in terms of teams, forests, open and closed, philosophy , Ackhoff, Meadows and so much more
virtualddd.com/sessions/see...
See the Forest for the Trees - Trond Hjorteland
When developing your software products, be it coding, testing, user experience, product management, or all the other elements required to solve a customer need, do you understand what the rest of the ...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The talk by @trond.hjorteland.com just finished and it left me feeling full of curiosity and things I want to learn more about.
I really enjoyed that he talked about systems in terms of teams, forests, open and closed, philosophy , Ackhoff, Meadows and so much more
virtualddd.com/sessions/see...
I really enjoyed that he talked about systems in terms of teams, forests, open and closed, philosophy , Ackhoff, Meadows and so much more
virtualddd.com/sessions/see...
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"Everyone wants to be on the top right corner" @trond.hjorteland.com doing an amazing talk at @virtualddd.com
Live now www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B7A...
Live now www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B7A...
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Everyone wants to be on the top right corner" @trond.hjorteland.com doing an amazing talk at @virtualddd.com
Live now www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B7A...
Live now www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B7A...
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𝐂𝐲𝐛𝟑𝐫𝐒𝐲𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 - 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟕
In today's episode, @eikonne.bsky.social discusses how traditional management practices impede real human development and why it's critical to challenge prevailing paradigms.
Podcast Link 🔗: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a...
In today's episode, @eikonne.bsky.social discusses how traditional management practices impede real human development and why it's critical to challenge prevailing paradigms.
Podcast Link 🔗: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a...
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
𝐂𝐲𝐛𝟑𝐫𝐒𝐲𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 - 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟕
In today's episode, @eikonne.bsky.social discusses how traditional management practices impede real human development and why it's critical to challenge prevailing paradigms.
Podcast Link 🔗: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a...
In today's episode, @eikonne.bsky.social discusses how traditional management practices impede real human development and why it's critical to challenge prevailing paradigms.
Podcast Link 🔗: www.cyb3rsyn.com/p/becoming-a...
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How every history and science textbook should start
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How every history and science textbook should start
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"[that team] they're lazy, unresponsive, take ages to deliver new features, cause a lot of bugs, don't following good testing practices, everybody complains about them"
I heard this a lot as a consultant and I was always curious to meet these teams and see how dysfunctional they were.
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I heard this a lot as a consultant and I was always curious to meet these teams and see how dysfunctional they were.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"[that team] they're lazy, unresponsive, take ages to deliver new features, cause a lot of bugs, don't following good testing practices, everybody complains about them"
I heard this a lot as a consultant and I was always curious to meet these teams and see how dysfunctional they were.
1/4
I heard this a lot as a consultant and I was always curious to meet these teams and see how dysfunctional they were.
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Hey everyone!
Long time no see! 😃 After #FastFlowConf last week, I went offline to enjoy a short vacation with the family.
And here are the slides from my talk, "Team Topologies is not enough; you need a management model to match!". 👉 speakerdeck.com/joaoasrosa/t...
Long time no see! 😃 After #FastFlowConf last week, I went offline to enjoy a short vacation with the family.
And here are the slides from my talk, "Team Topologies is not enough; you need a management model to match!". 👉 speakerdeck.com/joaoasrosa/t...
Team Topologies is not enough; you need a management model to match! @ FastFlowConf UK 2025
Team Topologies have crossed the chasm. Folks are using it, and as with any good approach based on patterns, they discover blockers to flow. They discus…
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October 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Hey everyone!
Long time no see! 😃 After #FastFlowConf last week, I went offline to enjoy a short vacation with the family.
And here are the slides from my talk, "Team Topologies is not enough; you need a management model to match!". 👉 speakerdeck.com/joaoasrosa/t...
Long time no see! 😃 After #FastFlowConf last week, I went offline to enjoy a short vacation with the family.
And here are the slides from my talk, "Team Topologies is not enough; you need a management model to match!". 👉 speakerdeck.com/joaoasrosa/t...
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Kick off your weekend with a dose of inspiration - we've got the DDD Europe 2024 talk ready for you to revisit. Like what you see? Join us at our next event on June 10-11-12, 2026 in Antwerp - tickets are on sale now!
🎬 Watch: youtu.be/M1WsSJEMUIY
🎬 Watch: youtu.be/M1WsSJEMUIY
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Kick off your weekend with a dose of inspiration - we've got the DDD Europe 2024 talk ready for you to revisit. Like what you see? Join us at our next event on June 10-11-12, 2026 in Antwerp - tickets are on sale now!
🎬 Watch: youtu.be/M1WsSJEMUIY
🎬 Watch: youtu.be/M1WsSJEMUIY
I look forward to returning to Berlin and the wonderful #KanDDDinsky conference this week. Really happy to be able to speak there again. I will challenge the approach many companies have to agile transformations
#systemsThinking #sociotechnical #selfOrganisation #agile #teamTopologies #orgDesign
#systemsThinking #sociotechnical #selfOrganisation #agile #teamTopologies #orgDesign
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I look forward to returning to Berlin and the wonderful #KanDDDinsky conference this week. Really happy to be able to speak there again. I will challenge the approach many companies have to agile transformations
#systemsThinking #sociotechnical #selfOrganisation #agile #teamTopologies #orgDesign
#systemsThinking #sociotechnical #selfOrganisation #agile #teamTopologies #orgDesign
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. @andrewhl.bsky.social’s revolutionary approach to architecture is live! Learn how everyone can contribute without creating chaos. Watch his talk on democratizing decisions & subscribe for more perspectives! youtu.be/zp9Go2ChAdw
#amaberlin
#amaberlin
A Commune in the Ivory Tower: A New Approach to Architecture - Andrew Harmel Law
YouTube video by Agile meets Architecture
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
. @andrewhl.bsky.social’s revolutionary approach to architecture is live! Learn how everyone can contribute without creating chaos. Watch his talk on democratizing decisions & subscribe for more perspectives! youtu.be/zp9Go2ChAdw
#amaberlin
#amaberlin
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Very much looking forward to @trond.hjorteland.com joining us at @virtualddd.com
We've scheduled a new session on a common challenge: seeing the whole system beyond our own part. Trond Hjorteland will introduce systems thinking to help us gain a holistic perspective on complexity.
4 November, 08:00 (GMT+13)
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4 November, 08:00 (GMT+13)
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October 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Very much looking forward to @trond.hjorteland.com joining us at @virtualddd.com
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What code reviews should not be:
* Ways to exercise power - it should be true peer reviews
* Done by seniors missing mentoring skills
* blaming or harming
* a miserable experience
* gate keeping (gates introduce delays)
* a must
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
* Ways to exercise power - it should be true peer reviews
* Done by seniors missing mentoring skills
* blaming or harming
* a miserable experience
* gate keeping (gates introduce delays)
* a must
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
October 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
What code reviews should not be:
* Ways to exercise power - it should be true peer reviews
* Done by seniors missing mentoring skills
* blaming or harming
* a miserable experience
* gate keeping (gates introduce delays)
* a must
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
* Ways to exercise power - it should be true peer reviews
* Done by seniors missing mentoring skills
* blaming or harming
* a miserable experience
* gate keeping (gates introduce delays)
* a must
@tdpauw.bsky.social #agilecam
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One of my software design nemeses is reliance on the UI to enforce business rules.
I don't mean hard-coding business logic in the UI, I mean assuming that certain operations or state transitions aren't possible because a user must go through the steps in the UI in a certain order.
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#ddDesign
I don't mean hard-coding business logic in the UI, I mean assuming that certain operations or state transitions aren't possible because a user must go through the steps in the UI in a certain order.
1/3
#ddDesign
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
One of my software design nemeses is reliance on the UI to enforce business rules.
I don't mean hard-coding business logic in the UI, I mean assuming that certain operations or state transitions aren't possible because a user must go through the steps in the UI in a certain order.
1/3
#ddDesign
I don't mean hard-coding business logic in the UI, I mean assuming that certain operations or state transitions aren't possible because a user must go through the steps in the UI in a certain order.
1/3
#ddDesign
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.