# What system do you wish you had today? * Ideal design—To insure WE ARE GOING TO SOMEWHERE WE WANT TO BE * Instead of only fighting fires let's build something together * Don't try to fix or improve any thing we have. Forget everything that currently exists. Pretend it has all disappeared permanently. * Design what we wish we had now. * With only **two constraints**: -Currently feasible technology -Operationally possible # Then you can move toward what you wish for, from where you actually are.
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Here is a great talk by Russel Ackoff on the discovery of Idealized Design. Vimeo 
It is 30 minutes. Sit back and enjoy it. He is a great story teller and it is an important and memorable story.
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