Friday, October 4, 2013

Nice Article on the perils of multi-tasking

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I came across this article today and wanted to pass it along. I've noticed a substantial increase the number of articles, studies, and g...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The under-appreciated importance of Execution

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I came across this nice piece on Execution the other day and since I've recently been writing about the very subject I thought I'd s...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Why Measurements Matter

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I was re-reading Bill Gates' annual letter on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation the other day ( www.billsletter.com ) and ...
Friday, August 16, 2013

The Strategy-Execution Gap, Part 1

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Lately I have been thinking about the challenge executives face in turning strategy into effective execution. Over the years I have read num...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Want a Quick way to improve productivity: Stop Multi-tasking!

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Multi-tasking is so pervasive in organizations, and modern life in general, that we often don’t even think about how damaging it is to p...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

TOC's power of perspective

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One of the most liberating and powerful aspects of TOC is that it provides one with a different, more effective perspective on organizations...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

The Simplicity Paradox

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I have been banging my head against a long-standing paradox within TOC--the paradox that while the concepts of TOC are simple to grasp and u...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

We have to change?!! Oh no!

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I get asked all of the time why TOC isn't more widespread, why it isn't at least as big as movements like Lean and Six Sigma. There ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

TOC in a word: Focus

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Many others, including Goldratt, have already suggested that if you had to summarize TOC in a single word, the best word is "focus.&quo...
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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Project Lessons: Focus on Completing Projects On-time, Not Completing Tasks On-time

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It may seem counterintuitive, to say we shouldn’t focus on completing tasks on-time, in order to deliver our projects on-time. After all isn...
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