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Nov 11 2020

The Human Constraint – Going Beyond What We Think Is Possible

The Human Constraint – Going Beyond What We Think Is Possible

Our lives today are filled with unprecedented levels of rapid change and complexity. Unintended consequences can quickly emerge from inadequate leadership thinking, so we must urgently learn to think not just in a “joined-up” way but in a systemic way. This means developing the skills to: understand and analyze our current reality, as individuals and organizations; […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: critical chain, human constraint, Thinking Processes

Oct 30 2020

Scheduling a Project – The Most Critical Activity For Every Business

Scheduling a Project – The Most Critical Activity For Every Business

Building an organization as a whole system all starts with scheduling, as pointed out by Dr. Domenico Lepore in Part 7 of this series. Here in Part 8 he introduces the all important subject of scheduling. The process of scheduling As we stated in Part 2 of this series, you cannot have the same person work […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, project management · Tagged: control chart, critical chain, ess3ntial, scheduling

Oct 30 2019

If it’s so spectacularly effective to manage an organization around a constraint, why doesn’t everyone use the Theory of Constraints?

If it’s so spectacularly effective to manage an organization around a constraint, why doesn’t everyone  use the Theory of Constraints?

While working with a client at their plant last week, our Founder, Dr. Domenico Lepore, told the dramatic story of his visit to a German aluminium plant, part of a multi-billion, multi-national business. The General Manager had invited Domenico to visit and give a presentation after hearing him speak at a Theory of Constraints (TOC) […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: balanced, hot mill, measurements, theory of constraints, unbalanced

May 16 2019

The One Principle You Cannot Ignore for 21st Century Business Success

The One Principle You Cannot Ignore for 21st Century Business Success

There is one universally valid principle that no business can ignore to achieve success and sustainable growth, highlighted in the following extract from the business novel ‘The Human Constraint’, www.thehumanconstraint.ca bought in 40 countries so far.  May looked at her notes again. She had to get things right for the article about the new way that […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: constraint, hydro-electric power, the human constraint

Dec 14 2018

How to Manage Time Constraints and Prioritize Tasks

How to Manage Time Constraints and Prioritize Tasks

If you’re looking for a way to prioritize your tasks and  increase your productivity, and most of us are, you can take some powerful inputs from the Theory of Constraints. Every day, we all have to perform a number of tasks in different areas of our lives. Clearly, we can’t give equal attention to everything, […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: Inventory, investment, operating expense, prioritize, throughput, throughput accounting, time management

Oct 18 2018

Ensuring Growth in the Digital Age: Looking at Retail

Ensuring Growth in the Digital Age: Looking at Retail

The speed of the change that digitization is bringing is dizzying. It is forcing companies to think  hard about the very meaning of the way they do business. Old models are no longer valid and businesses need to catch up fast or lose market share and opportunities. Consolidated experience that had a high value suddenly […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: digitization, mental models, retail, retail conflict, Sears

Sep 06 2018

Three Steps to Optimal Performance in Any Organization

Three Steps to Optimal Performance in Any Organization

There are three steps that allow any organization to achieve optimal performance. Before we say what they are, let’s step back and understand one fundamental principle that affects how organizations get results. What happens when more than one person or more than one entity work together in the same direction? Is the result just the […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, Synchronized production, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world · Tagged: constraint, interdependencies, optimal performance, variation, vectors

Aug 15 2018

The Human Constraint and Leadership Thinking

The Human Constraint and Leadership Thinking

  Our lives today are filled with unprecedented levels of rapid change and complexity. Unintended consequences can quickly emerge from inadequate leadership thinking, so we have an urgent need to learn to think in a “joined-up” way. The definition of ‘joined-up thinking” is:  “thinking about a complicated problem in an intelligent way that includes all the […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, Network of Projects, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world · Tagged: joined up thinking, leadership thinking, sechel, the human constraint

Jun 29 2018

Biggest Challenge? Not Technology but the Organization Design

Biggest Challenge? Not Technology but the Organization Design

A truth is beginning to emerge about how reality is shifting in organizations. It was voiced clearly in a presentation yesterday by the CEO of a forward-thinking digital solutions provider in Italy, Stefano Righetti of Hyphen-Italia. The truth is this: no company will be able do without Digital Transformation, at least for its core processes. […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, Network of Projects, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world · Tagged: complexity, digital transformation, hyphen-italia, network of projects, organizational design, processes and projects

Jun 19 2018

Give Up Busy – Choose Productive

Give Up Busy – Choose Productive

Being busy is considered by many to be a virtue. People may be giving their businesses 200% of effort. But in reality, being busy as you work through a shopping list of “to do” tasks can be the opposite of virtuous. How?  Because it can lead to wasting time on the wrong things, unproductive multi-tasking […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, project management, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: busy, constraint, critical chain, productive

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