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I picked up Eli Goldratt's latest business novel, Isn't It Obvious, and absolutely flew through the book. The title of the book is one of Goldratt's favorite ideas: that the best theories are always seen (in hindsight) as obvious solutions.

I am still looking for more thinking on how to apply Theory of Constraints ideas and thinking in heavily uncertain areas like discovery research, where typical drop-out rates are well above 80%.

The TOC Thinkers blog is in the middle of a series of articles on management and Theory of Constraints by Bryan Logan. The whole set are interesting (and long), but the 4th entry has a quote that amazes me every time I see it.

Clarke Ching provides a link to an article / review of Tom Kelly's book, Ten Faces of innovation. It's an interesting collection of personnae that are critical to innovation in teams.

Clarke Ching has a useful question, "What is your goal in life?" And I have to say that I can't give a response just now.

Clarke Ching has found a great Theory of Constraints resource. And it has some guidance on The Haystack Syndrome.