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Dec 30 2014

Complexity and Root Cause Analysis – Where Is the Link?

Complexity and Root Cause Analysis – Where Is the Link?

We’ve been asked how come we talk about complexity and also root cause analysis. Aren’t they incompatible? The answer is no, and here we explain why root cause analysis is your best friend in managing complex situations and environments. Why complexity and a “reductionist” root cause analysis are not incompatible  Let me preface this post […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: complex systems, complexity, constraints, core conflict, emergence, hubs and nodes, network of projects, Network Theory, root cause, root cause analysis, sechel, Systems Thinking, theory of constraints

Dec 17 2014

An MBA for Complexity – What Managers Really Need to Know to Do Their Job

An MBA for Complexity – What Managers Really Need to Know to Do Their Job

The major problem managers face today is complexity, and the current MBAs on offer are not equipping their graduates with the right knowledge and tools.  Managers today must be able to understand how things interdepend and evolve in order to navigate complexity. Here we offer a solution. Why MBAs are stuck in the past Many business […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking

Dec 02 2014

Resource Optimization Part 2 – In Praise of Idleness

Resource Optimization Part 2 – In Praise of Idleness

Our last post, ‘Resource Optimization? Don’t Make the 100% Mistake‘ received thousands of views, hundreds of likes and we are grateful for the many insightful comments received. Here, Dr. Giovanni Siepe takes a further look at resource optimization and why it is essential to always have some excess capacity.  Infinite resources only exist in Heaven In our last […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking · Tagged: Decalogue methodology, Deming, drum buffer rope, excess capacity, idle, resource optimization, Systems Thinking, theory of constraints

Dec 01 2014

Whole System Management for the Age of Complexity

Whole System Management for the Age of Complexity

Seeing the Whole System When we first started our firm in Italy in the mid 1990s it was to work with Deming’s principles about Quality. It quickly became clear that Deming’s philosophy went far beyond the  conventional notions of Quality management. It was about nothing less than transformation. Transformation of the prevailing management style based on […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking · Tagged: complexity, Deming, Domenico Lepore, Goldratt, Peter Senge, Systems Thinking, the Decalogue, theory of constraints, Theoy of Profound Knowledge, transformation, whole system management

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