With the House of Commons seeking to oblige the prime minister to present an alternative plan of some sort (January 9), I am reminded of one of the observations of the late, great systems theorist, ...

An evangelist of the big picture, Russell Ackoff was a management theorist who helped U.S. corporations by reimagining their challenges as opportunities to restructure. Mr. Ackoff, who died Oct. 29 at ...

Is it wise to go to university, or is it better to teach? Professor Russell Ackoff is an 88-year-old subversive. He is also a business school professor emeritus, which makes what he has to say about ...

It is always exciting to meet a real subversive, especially when he (or she) is old and wise. Henry Ford's business model still influences our thinking unduly Russell Ackoff was in London the other ...

“You never learn by doing something right ‘cause you already know how to do it. You only learn from making mistakes and correcting them.” Russell Ackoff Design and “design thinking” is gaining ...

To mark his recent death Peter Day revisits an interview he did 2 years ago with Russell Ackoff Professor Emeritus of the Wharton School in Operations Research and Systems Theory. His f-Laws expose ...

Last Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal brought the news that Russell Ackoff had passed away at the age of 90, after a long life of influencing management thinking and practice. At the time he was having ...

An interview with a leading organisational theorist and the mistakes many businesses make Peter Day talks to Professor Russell L. Ackoff. He developed the so-called 'F-Laws' which expose the common ...