Comments on: Interactions and Systems http://jsdstat.com/Statblog/2008/07/26/interactions-and-systems/ Using principles of Science and Statistical Thinking in Policy Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:57:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Management Improvement Carnival #41 http://jsdstat.com/Statblog/2008/07/26/interactions-and-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-22066 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Management Improvement Carnival #41 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:34:32 +0000 http://jsdstat.com/Statblog/2008/07/26/interactions-and-systems/#comment-22066 [...] Interactions and Systems by John Dowd - “Successful managers understand these interactions, how they work and they manage them as well as the main effects.” [...] [...] Interactions and Systems by John Dowd – “Successful managers understand these interactions, how they work and they manage them as well as the main effects.” [...]

]]> By: Michael Freitag http://jsdstat.com/Statblog/2008/07/26/interactions-and-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-22061 Michael Freitag Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:20:10 +0000 http://jsdstat.com/Statblog/2008/07/26/interactions-and-systems/#comment-22061 Nicely stated. Very nice, indeed. If I may attempt to economize: • Synergy: The entire is greater than the sum of the parts. • 1 + 1 > 2 • ? + ? > ? • ? + ? > yin yang “Don’t let school interfere with your education.” Mark Twain Imagine a Venn diagram - one black circle and one white circle, same radius, in two plane space nowhere touching – converging to concentricity. Visualize the results: A disc, white on one side, blank on the other? A disc, yin-yang on both sides? A white marble with colored continents painted on the surface? An earth,... revolving within a concentric, clear and white paisley spherical atmosphere? Back to the Big Bang,... now,... moving forward? … to Beethoven’s 9th? Thank you. Nicely stated. Very nice, indeed.

If I may attempt to economize:

• Synergy: The entire is greater than the sum of the parts.

• 1 + 1 > 2

• ? + ? > ?

• ? + ? > yin yang

“Don’t let school interfere with your education.” Mark Twain

Imagine a Venn diagram – one black circle and one white circle, same radius, in two plane space nowhere touching – converging to concentricity.

Visualize the results:
A disc, white on one side, blank on the other?
A disc, yin-yang on both sides?
A white marble with colored continents painted on the surface?
An earth,… revolving within a concentric, clear and white paisley spherical atmosphere?
Back to the Big Bang,… now,… moving forward?
… to Beethoven’s 9th?

Thank you.

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