Doing philosophy was an opportunity to learn something new.… - Russell L. Ackoff

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Doing philosophy was an opportunity to learn something new. I expected this to be an adjunct to my practice of architecture. But it turned out the other way. It turned out that the philosophy of science gave me the opportunity to design social systems, and I was more interested in people-oriented systems than in buildings. They were both design, but different kinds of design. I like creating things.

Russell L. Ackoff

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About Russell L. Ackoff

Russell L. Ackoff (12 February 1919 – 29 October 2009) was an American organizational theorist, professor and pioneer in the field of operations research, systems thinking and management science.

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Alternative Names: Russel Ackoff • Russell Lincoln Ackoff • Rassel Akoff

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