some practical tools for “thinking out of the box” ‘silver dyads, golden triads’ these were...
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Some practical Tools for “Thinking Out Of The Box”
‘Silver Dyads, Golden Triads’
These were concepts about which I initially saw some ‘sketches’ in 1979, in a few pages of Warfield’s book, “Societal Systems: Planning, Policy and Complexity”
(Wiley, 1976). It was in fact just those few pages that IMPELLED me to study the whole book intensively (and a few other ‘subsidiary’ things besides) – which
then led to the OPMS.
Note: This presentation is being modified considerably
• Definitions
• Examples
• How to use Dyads and Triads?
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“A picture is worth a thousand words”
Let’s look at some pictures that COULD be worth many more than thousands of words!
(when you learn how to use them)
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A ‘monad’:
A single idea standing on its own
IDEA
We represent it like this:
OR
IDEA
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Now: consider the effect of the prose definition alone on your mind - versus the effect (next) when the structure representing the prose is available to
explain it.Definition: A “SILVER DYAD” is a set of two ideas
applied collectively and integratively
And that is precisely why we recommend the ‘prose + structural graphics’ mode !
If the above definition is clear to you,
would some of you like to clarify it? Relationship(s) should
be specified when ideas are specified
Structural Graphics
Representation
Now, here’s a suggestion, using ‘structural graphics’, that I believe does help to clarify the definition of “Silver Dyad”:
Silver Dyad
Would you agree that the structural graphics representation enables us to understand the prose with significantly enhanced clarity?
Prose:
Is this definition clear to
you”
Golden Triad
A set of THREE ideas that are applied collectively and integratively
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Graphical Representation of Golden Triad
I1 I2
I3
Using the concepts of ‘Dyad’, ‘Triad’ and OPMS ‘collectively and integratively’, you can
simultaneously get an ‘overview’ of any situation AND the details as required! The process adds
enormous power to your thinking.
Here are some examples of Silver Dyads and Golden Triads -
in each case, relationships should also be specified
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Some real-life examples of Silver Dyads’
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MindBrain
Examples
The ‘stuff’ of Cognitive Research
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WrongRight
This dyad studied since 1979 led to the concept of OPMS
in 1983, and all the development subsequently
HardwareSoftware MindBody AdultChild
The OPMS approach – practically applying
reason to intuition
ReasonIntuition StructuralGraphics
Prose TeacherStudent WomanMan
More Examples
The “intuition” is BUILT INTO many of the elements – the “reason” is BUILT
INTO the way appropriate relationships help us ‘organize’ the elements!
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UserS/WDeveloper
QUESTION: HOW to apply them collectively and
integratively?
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UserS/w
Developer
Define & Explore Relationships…
What Is the Crucial Step?
User NeedsSRS
Precisely what OPMS enables and ensures!
It’s the elaboration of this dyad that leads to all your software!
I have found them to add significant clarity to my thinking when used in
conjunction with the processes embedded in the OPMS
I understand it has been mathematically proven that any
‘clustering’ of idea-elements more than three in number can
be reduced to a logical combination of monads, dyads
&/or triads!
In any case, dyads and triads do seem to be powerful tools to enable and enhance
clarity of thought
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Here are some real-life examples of
‘Golden Triads’
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Body Mind
Spirit
One:
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ReasonIntuition
Before we look at the next Golden Triad, let’s recall the ‘Silver Dyad’ we had initially seen:
…which leads to…
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Intuition Reason
Reality
…this Golden Triad
Define & Explore Relationships!
It has to be an
ongoing process
!
Here’s a partial (very small part) translation of the Triad: Continuingly explore intuition through reason – checking regularly against reality, which would enhance effectiveness of intuition…
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View System – Examine Relationships – Study Structure.
Understand System
System Relationships
Structure
Click for another
Golden Triad:
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For instance, a good bit of what I do in my workshops is simply to try and explain some
aspects of this particular Golden Triad!
Intent Structure
Lowest Level El.
Trigger Questions Define & Explore Relationships!
Some of these are Triads that I’ve been exploring in depth over the years– and I
can certify that the process works!
Another very useful Golden Triad:
Most of the remainder is done without a solid knowledge base, on GSC’s side, of the ‘domains’ being
discussed
Warning!
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Possible example for S/w Co.
Define & Explore Relationships!
Marketing group of S/w Co.
Developer User
Software
These are very general – they will need to be made very specific!
Marketing Need
S/w Product/Service
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BDMs User Needs
Marketing eXensys
Is this a useful triad for Holool Marketing?
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PMs ???
eXensys Development?
Could such a triad be defined for this group – and then more specifically for each PM?
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ObjectClass
Is this a ‘Silver Dyad for programmers?
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Class Object
Component
And is this a ‘Golden Triad’ for them?
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DeveloperUser
This Dyad (if it is ‘Silver’) …
…may lead to …
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Requirement Design
Construction
…this Triad:
Is it ‘Golden’??
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Procedures & Processes
Templates
Quality Policy
Could this Triad be ‘Golden’?If it is ‘Golden’, let’s call it “A”
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Functional Requirements
Technical Specs
System
Could this Triad then be ‘B’?
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Coding
Could this perhaps be ‘C’?
System Testing
Design
Coding
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Functional Testing
Customer Satisfaction
Requirements Analysis
And could this be ‘D’?
Question:
Can we put all of that together in some useful and
usable way for Holool?
My claim is: using the OPMS approach, we certainly could! (If only YOU would generate
the elements)…
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“leading to”
User Requirements
Customer Satisfaction
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Trigger Question(s) Ideas
Structures
And here’s an example that could possibly help people overcome ‘start-up difficulties’:
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Using these concepts (integrated with OPMS proper) , the difficulties listed below can be overcome:• Difficulties in getting ideas in
response to trigger questions (continuingly)
• Difficulties in changing the mode of work one is accustomed to…
• Difficulties in interpreting models – and finding out ‘what to do next’…
Just list your difficulty…
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Here’s a ‘teaser’ about some other closely related concepts – also very useful to enable and enhance ‘thinking out of the
box’…
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Element A Element B
Satisfaction & Frustration Cycles
Arrows mean “contributes to”
or “hinders”
Ramesh Pai Holool
Arrows mean “contributes
significantly to Mission of”
The Primary Satisfaction Cycle that has to be built at workplace
Example:
One needs to be quite familiar with the tools comprising the OPMS to use these cycles in a practical way. (I had first seen pictures like these in Warfield’s book on “Societal Systems” in 1979 – though it
took me many, many years to learn how to use them in practice)
Ramesh Pai Holool
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By the way, any of the dyads and triads illustrated could well become a suitable
subject for a life-time of study and practical work. For instance, it could be claimed that the dyad below in one way
more or less ‘encapsulates’ all of ‘Ethics’
WrongRight
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For another example, the following Silver Dyad could become the focus of studies
of the human being in many different ways:
AdultChild
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Adult
Growth of ‘mind + body’
Child
Consider, for instance, the following ‘Golden Triad’:
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Adult
Growth of ‘mind + body’
Child
Difficulties are likely to arise if we break up the complex and then try to treat the part as the entire whole:
Adult
Growth of ‘body’
Child Adult
Growth of ‘mind’
Child
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DeveloperUser
A software development organization’s primary focus might arise from this Dyad
and then related Triads and other structures. We need to arrive at the
proper understanding of what the Dyad means (and everything that develops from
it):