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Commitment - a graphic novel about options and risk 15 Aug 2013 | 07:04 am
"Were you reading a business book written as a graphic novel?" Yep. That would be Commitment: a Novel about Managing Project Risk by Olav Maassen, Chris Matts, and Chris Geary. It was an interesting...
Wa - Transformation Management by Harmony 21 Jul 2013 | 05:17 am
After the TOC ICO conference, I picked up Yuji Kishira's WA: Transformation Management by Harmony , based on a conversation with him and other attendees. It is a fun take on Theory of Constraints, ch...
Why are corporations in business? 5 Jul 2013 | 06:25 pm
Why do businesses exist? Steve Denning had a piece in Forbes last week, The Origin Of 'The World's Dumbest Idea': Milton Friedman, which talks about Milton Friedman's statement that the sole purpose....
12 (more) reasons to stop multitasking 24 Jun 2013 | 05:51 pm
The Fox News website has a nice summary of research into multitasking (task switching) and the impact it has on our ability to get things done. Always nice to have "official" outlets talk about this ...
Nice tribute to Eli Goldratt 13 Jun 2013 | 11:55 pm
Drew Greenblatt, the president of Marlin Steel has a nice appreciation of Eli Goldratt on the Inc. website, The Man Who Saved My Company | Inc.com. (Yes, Eli Goldratt died two years ago.) He opens.....
Nice tribute to Eli Goldratt 13 Jun 2013 | 11:55 pm
Drew Greenblatt, the president of Marlin Steel has a nice appreciation of Eli Goldratt on the Inc. website, The Man Who Saved My Company | Inc.com. (Yes, Eli Goldratt died two years ago.) He opens wi...
Combining Agile with CCPM #TOCICO13 7 Jun 2013 | 11:15 pm
Is Agile at all compatible with project management? Should we even try to make them talk to each other? Wolfram Müller talked through his views on Agile, and on how some of the TOC applications could ...
Fire the consultants #TOCICO13 6 Jun 2013 | 08:17 pm
Steve Holt had some fun with his talk at TOCICO this year that he created out of conversations with April K Mills of Engine for Change. This time he suggests create policy buffers to protect change ef...
Managing Complex Organizations at #TOCICO13 6 Jun 2013 | 07:44 pm
Prof. James Holt usually gave a talk about Managing Complex Organizations this morning at the TOC ICO conference. The basic idea is to use Throughput Dollar Days and Inventory Dollar Days internally.
TOC for Personal Growth #TOCICO13 6 Jun 2013 | 03:34 am
What am I good at? What do I love to do? What drives me? What fits my personality? These questions are the core of today' full-day session on TOC for Personal Growth, by Efrat Goldratt.
