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Oct 13, 2026
Holism and reductionism: two views in analysis
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Oct 13, 2026
What is analysis, and why must an analyst think holistically?
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analysis
From data to insight: the pyramid that guides understanding (DIKW)
Theory first or data first: two views of data analysis
design
Automating a bad smell
foundations
A critique of modernity and a civilisational view of systems
A practical exercise in defining a system
An introduction to gathering and analysing requirements
An introduction to modelling requirements with use cases
An introduction to systems analysis and why requirements matter
An introduction to the structure of a requirements document (SRS)
Analysing and classifying requirements
Assumption versus hypothesis in requirements analysis
Common mistakes of new analysts in requirements analysis
Defining versus analysing a system
Expert systems and their role in analysis
Factors that matter in requirements analysis
General system theory: from Bertalanffy to today
Holism and reductionism: two views in analysis
Techniques for gathering requirements
The systems development life cycle (SDLC)
Validating requirements
What does a systems analyst do?
What is a system? Definition, components and purpose
What is analysis, and why must an analyst think holistically?
What is systems analysis, and why does it matter?
Lipstick on a Pig
Lipstick on a Pig: Why Bail-outs Fail and People Power Will Succeed (Simon Deane-Johns, 2012)
Bail-outs / Bank Bailouts
Bank–Sovereign Doom Loop
Broader Value Beyond GDP
Club Goods / Free Riders
Collective Action Problems / Civil Society Organizations
Concept and Relations Matrix: Lipstick on a Pig (Finance)
Critical Considerations and Fact-Checking: Lipstick on a Pig (Finance)
Direct Beneficiaries of Bailouts
Fair Value Costs / Valuation of Bailouts
Institutions vs. Facilitators
Knowledge-base Map: Lipstick on a Pig (Finance)
Lipstick on a Pig (financial bailouts): book profile and conceptual summary
Lipstick on a Pig / Superficial Reform
Moral Hazard
Orderly Resolution of Failing Banks
People Power / Community Organizing
Pragmatism / Bottom-up Institutional Change
Privatization of Gains and Socialization of Losses
Public Interest Representation
Public Narrative / Marshall Ganz
Public Ownership / Democratic Buyout
Stakeholder Banking / Boring Banking
Too Big to Fail (TBTF)
Lipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No-Spin Era (Torie Clarke, 2006)
Chapters That Need Direct Checking Against the Book
Communications Is a Science, Not an Art
Concept Matrix: Lipstick on a Pig (No-Spin Era)
Credibility & Trust
Crisis Communication in the Real World
Deliver the Bad News Yourself & Admit Mistakes Fast
Don't Create a Pig in the First Place
Flood the Zone
Have More Than One Weapon in Your Arsenal
Interpretive Considerations and Responsible Use
It's About One Thing / Message & Objective First
Knowledge-base Map: Lipstick on a Pig (No-Spin Era)
Lipstick on a Pig (the no-spin era): book profile and conceptual summary
Tell the Truth Early, Often, and in Plain Language
The No-Spin Era & Transparency
The Timeless Way of Building (Christopher Alexander, 1979)
Alive, Whole, Comfortable, Free, Exact, Egoless, Eternal
Being Alive / Self-Supporting Quality
Character of Nature vs. Modular Construction
Common Pattern Pool / Evolution of a Common Language
Concept Matrix and Chapter Tracing
Concepts and Critical Questions
Consciousness of Death and Transitoriness
Differentiating Space
Its Ageless Character
Knowledge-base Map: The Timeless Way of Building
One Pattern at a Time
Pattern Language
Patterns of Events
Patterns of Space
Patterns Which Are Alive / Multiplicity of Living Patterns
Shaping One Building / Shaping a Group of Buildings
The Breakdown of Language
The Kernel of the Way / Egolessness
The Process of Construction
The Process of Repair
The Quality Without a Name
The Slow Emergence of a Town
The Structure of a Language
The Timeless Way
The Timeless Way of Building: book profile and conceptual summary