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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