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Defining Antifragility &

the application on Organisation Design

a literature study in the field of antifragility, �applied in the context of organisation design

Master thesis Antwerp Management School 2020 & �IEEE CBI paper 2021

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Edzo Botjes�Antifragility Architect�@ Xebia Security

Hans Nouwens�Enterprise Architect�@ Sogeti Netherlands

In IT since early 90’s

DYA Adapt

Complexity Fan

What binds us!

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Edzo Botjes�Antifragility Architect�@ Xebia Security

Hans Nouwens�Enterprise Architect�@ Sogeti Netherlands

What binds us!

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Antifragility in three steps

Why Chaos is inevitable

and what is it anyway?

What is resilience �and how to become it.

How to optimize for antifragility?

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Why is chaos inevitable?

Black swans & Lorentz

Antifragile

Cynefin

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Black swans �& Lorentz

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Antifragility loves black swans

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Cynefin

Holistic

approach

Reductionistic

approach

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Chaos is inevitable

Should we stop �thinking, drawing and architecting?

Does it matter?

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Antifragility in three steps

Why Chaos is inevitable

and what is it anyway?

What is resilience �and how to become it.

How to optimize for antifragility?

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What is resilience

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Three types of resilience

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How does it fit?

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Differences and Similarities

Learning �Organization

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Resilience

Is the difference between �control and let go �just another “carpe diem” movement?

Is this a hippy story?

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Antifragility in three steps

Why Chaos is inevitable

and what is it anyway?

What is resilience �and how to become it.

How to optimize for antifragility?

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How to become antifragile?

Amplify Variety

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How to become antifragile

Learning Organization�Personal mastery, Shared mental models, Building shared vision,

Team learning, Systems thinking.

Diversity

Non-monotonicity

Emergence

Self-organization

Insert low-level stress

Network-connections

Fail Fast

Resources to invest

Seneca’s barbell

Insert randomness

Reduce naive intervention

Skin in the game

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Antifragile

Do we need a model �to counter the fragility of a model?

There is no free money, what is the catch?

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Defining Antifragility &

the application on Organisation Design

a literature study in the field of antifragility, �applied in the context of organisation design

Master thesis Antwerp Management School 2020 & �IEEE CBI paper 2021

202210 | © CC BY-SA 4.0�AMS: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343671048�CBI”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354321606

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