Today we are talking how to optimise sociotechnical systems with Ben Ford, founder & CEO of Mission Control. The correct order is: people, process & technology. The tools are important, and we talk about specific ones in the second half of this episode, but there are rules and principles that govern how people interact, and we need to start there.

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Featuring:

• Ben Ford – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
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Show Notes:

• 🎧 Ship It! #4 OODA for operational excellence
• 🎬 The Paradox of Control - NATO C2COE C2 Webinar 2021 - Ben Ford
• Mission ctrl - Organisation engineering as a service
• Strapi - Next.js Corporate Starter
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• Metabase - Business Intelligence
• Cube.dev - Open Source Headless Business Intelligence
• Causal.app - Business Planning Platform
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• Orbit - Community Growth Platform
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