How Human Software Got Its Look
Human Software is a book about the importance of people working together to overcome corporate machinations. It’s a story about how humans are blamed for… Read More »How Human Software Got Its Look
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Richard W. Bown
Who Should Read Human Software? Three Reader Experiences
Human Software has surprised me. Not because people are reading it, though that’s its own kind of miracle, but because of who is reading it,… Read More »Who Should Read Human Software? Three Reader Experiences
Why I’m angry about Data Centres and You Should Be Too
In March, I was at a ConfigManagementCamp in Ghent, speaking about themes from Human Software. Some entrepreneurs earlier in the programme had been boasting that… Read More »Why I’m angry about Data Centres and You Should Be Too
Where Office Space meets Local Hero
As I sit in my bed, feeling a little under the weather and sorry for myself, I think about what I can watch to cheer… Read More »Where Office Space meets Local Hero
Being Generous with Your Ideas
That time of year when you’re assessing things. How much you ate, how much you drank, how fit you feel. Our minds turn inwards as… Read More »Being Generous with Your Ideas
Audiobook now available on Apple Books
HUMAN SOFTWARE is now available as an AI-voiced Apple Book for you to listen to wherever you are. While I’m anti-AI, pro-human, I’m also definitely… Read More »Audiobook now available on Apple Books
Reflections on Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Software increasingly runs our lives, yet business executives appear to know less and less about the systems they themselves commission. These systems permeate every corner… Read More »Reflections on Mr Bates vs The Post Office
A Fun Little London Book Launch for “Human Software”
I was in London last week for a couple of reasons. First of all, I was attending the wonderful Fast Flow Conf, meeting friends and… Read More »A Fun Little London Book Launch for “Human Software”
Human Software Now Available in Paperback, Kindle, Leanpub and Elsewhere
Two years ago, I started writing a novel about IT and Software Development. Why? Well, I’d loved reading “The Phoenix Project” and “The Unicorn Project”,… Read More »Human Software Now Available in Paperback, Kindle, Leanpub and Elsewhere
Book Excerpt: The Consultants
“Way back when I started out, there were a couple of new products coming online, and they had hired our team in to take on… Read More »Book Excerpt: The Consultants