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This website covers knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints, amongst other topics. Opinions expressed here are strictly those of the owner, Jack Vinson, and those of the commenters.

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Sep 22
Sep 22 Dynamic Strategy and Tactics Trees at #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
event report, theory of constraints

John Ricketts from IBM talked about his view that S&T trees should be dynamic, because the assumptions under which the S&T was built could change. One must be able to pivot as the underlying conditions change.

Sep 21
Sep 21 More notes from the #TOCICO16 conference

Jack Vinson
event report, theory of constraints

Along with the detailed posts I've written in the past few days, there are plenty of interesting ideas and hallway conversations. Here are some of those.  And a few more posts after this one.

Sep 20
Sep 20 Adoption of TOC - Reflections of Sanjeev Gupta #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
event report, theory of constraints

Sanjeev Gupta of Realization hosted a great conversation, describing his perspective on "what is TOC" (always an entertaining discussion) and what might be needed to improve the adoption of Theory of Constraints in business. The summary: TOC is not a philosophy. It is an operations management system based on three theorems.

Sep 20
Sep 20 Rethinking CCPM at #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
event report, theory of constraints, project management

Rob Newbold of ProChain (and author of a number of books on CCPM) has been thinking about updating the practice of CCPM around the planning and scheduling of CCPM projects.  He presented four concepts that he's implemented, most of them seem reasonable.  I don't know if they are all really needed though.

Sep 20
Sep 20 Death of Field Sales #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
theory of constraints, event report

Justin Roff-Marsh has a serious passion for the sales function in business - reinventing and making it into a machine for growth. His talk at this TOCICO conference followed along this path.

Sep 20
Sep 20 TOC education rethought #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
event report, theory of constraints

Lisa Scheinkopf of Goldratt Schools discussed her thinking behind a different approach to bringing more and more people to learn TOC.

Sep 20
Sep 20 Dealing with uncertainty according to TOC #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
event report, theory of constraints

Eli Schragenheim presented on "Managing Under Uncertainty in the TOC Way," expanding on the idea that we should never say, "I know." Nor should we think, "I don't know." How do we use what we DO know to help deal with uncertainty?

 

Sep 19
Sep 19 Simplifying even with a lot of complexity #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
event report, theory of constraints

How to break the global vs local conflict in organizations or systems that are very big (complex - or at least big enough that there is not time to fully understand the system).  

Sep 19
Sep 19 Innovation using TOC #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
event report, innovation, theory of constraints

One of the challenges all along for TOC Thinking Processes has been the perception that it is very focused on Logic without connection to the more "human" elements.  It's not accurate, of course. Rami Goldratt discussed this in the context of Kristen Cox's morning keynote at the TOCICO conference. 

Sep 18
Sep 18 Implementing TOC in Government #TOCICO16

Jack Vinson
event report, theory of constraints

Excellent keynote by Kristen Cox on her journey (so far) of implementing Theory of Constraints in the Utah state government, from her position as the head of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.

Sep 12
Sep 12 It's all fine, really

Jack Vinson
project management

What does it mean when you report a status of "fine" in your work or your project?  

Sep 7
Sep 7 The Goal - drawn and condensed

Jack Vinson
theory of constraints, book review

Two useful, easy to consume versions of The Goal are available... One a book and the other a one-page comic.

Aug 17
Aug 17 It's only millennials who multitask?

Jack Vinson
personal effectiveness

People are notorious multitaskers - not just one age group.  I see my mother respond to every ding and jingle of her phone or iPad.  And my kids.  And me.  And many others.  Change the behavior by teaching and showing and expecting different behavior.

Aug 16
Aug 16 The Human Constraint

Jack Vinson
book review, theory of constraints

The larger Theory of Constraints community has been a great source of business novels over the past year.  My latest find is The Human Constraint by Angela Montgomery.  The story was compelling, and I thought the approach to talking about the formal process was very light-handed with just enough to make me curious to find more.

Aug 11
Aug 11 No thanks, Too busy

Jack Vinson
culture, personal effectiveness

Another version of "too long, didn't read" is this cartoon.  A friend sent me a slightly modified version, so I tracked down one that looked more original.  

Aug 9
Aug 9 Life is like riding a bike

Jack Vinson
culture, personal effectiveness, project management

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein

Jul 20
Jul 20 How to approach "solving" problems

jackvinson
business, continuous improvement, theory of constraints

Break away from Groundhog Day of solving the same problem over and over. Dissolve the problem instead of merely resolving it.

Jul 18
Jul 18 Welcome to Knowledge Jolt

Jack Vinson
kjolt, self

Another reboot of my website. Now on SquareSpace.

Jun 24
Jun 24 Grit is not just the stuff that tears apart your bike chain

jackvinson
culture, personal effectiveness

Many people have talked about Angela Duckworth' Grit: the power of passion and perseverance. I was happy to find a high-level summary from Inc. Magazine that describes the "11 signs of grit."

Jun 10
Jun 10 All about the policies, really?

jackvinson
business

What are the real ways to revitalize manufacturing? Will changing governmental policies and regulations do the trick? I suspect not.

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