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Goldratt & Jeff Cox. Last Friday, I presented my synopsis of the business book classic, The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. It is a genuine multi-year best seller, and now I know why. It is an incredibly useful, helpful, practical book. Written in fable form, it is set in a factory, but, [.].
One exception to this is Eliyah Goldratt’s The Goal and after an initial reading of Grivas and Puccio’s The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results , I may have another exception. I’m not the biggest fan of business fables. Most provide generic advice in the form of a poorly written narrative.
Eli Goldratt ‘The Choice’. Image Credit – Image Credit. humbly arrogant. Humble to have the conviction that you don’t know; arrogant to have the conviction that you can develop the knowledge. – The scientist sees themselves as a tiny spot of intelligence surrounded by a vast see of ignorance. Thomas F.
So, how do you stop and think in this too-much-information-to-assimilate-all-at-once world? You spend a day – a full day – focused on one book. And, what books do you focus on for a full day? Books that have “stood the test of time.” Not necessarily “really old books,” but books that have been around long […]. Randy''s blog entries'
Goldratt that is geared towarding help organizations continually achieve their goals. Though Goldratt is still the main driving force behind the development and practice of TOC (sometimes labeled “constraint management”), there is a network of individuals and small companies loosely coupled as practitioners around the world.
Goldratt describes a constraint as “the limiting factor that prevents a system from moving closer to achieving its goal.” Dr. Goldratt offers five focusing steps to mitigate constraints and facilitate ongoing improvement in organizations.
(Hint: read all the way to the end to get the point of this blog post – about expertise and experience). The book The Goal is a “business classic” we somehow have missed at the First Friday Book Synopsis. I am rectifying this, and will present this book at the August First Friday Book Synopsis. [.].
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My guess (only a guess) is that whenever a list of the greatest storytellers throughout history is compiled, Charles Dickens would be among those included.
The Radical Leap Re-Energized: A Story That Will Change the Way You Lead Steve Farber No Limit Publishing (2011) “If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” Rabbi Hillel the Elder What we have here [.].
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Surviving the Serengeti: 7 Skills To Master Business and Life Stefan Swanepoel John Wiley & Sons (2011) A parable for success that sometimes requires a perilous journey of self-discovery Fables may well be among the earliest forms of storytelling and remain popular among several business thinkers, notably Stephen Denning and Patrick Lencione.
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