Yeah, maybe we need to distinguish bad habits - things you know are bad but you do them anyway - from bad patterns - where you think you are doing the right...
You bring up a good point, David. How will discussion change a behavioral pattern that is reinforced? This is a problem with a lot of change efforts. People...
Good points, Larry. It didn't work for Socrates either. From: CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lawrence_leach ...
I don't think Eli was asserting that it was easy. He said something along the lines of "It takes a lot of work to verbalise the erroneous patterns and prove...
Hi, All I think it might be interesting to think about this topic with the information Eli presented in Clarke's interview. That is, resistance comes from...
Excellent work Clarke. Thanks. I was astonished to hear that the S&T method has been refined so much that it can be implemented starting from anywhere in the...
Hi, Clarke Super job! I look forward to reading IIO knowing the three main points, and I also am most interested in the rewrite of "The Choice". I also really...
I've just spent the last hour chatting with the Ultimate TOC Thinker ... Eli Goldratt about his latest book, which is out now. [I have a copy sitting beside...
I enjoyed that one. DId you see that NPR ran a related humorous piece about people who try to multitask every idle moment in their personal lives? Will ...
Hi, All Had an interesting week of training different groups of people that led me to think back over what I can remember of the responses of differnet groups...
Hi, All Heh, heh. It didn't take near as long as I thought it would for the company in question to back away from sequestering resources for non-project work....
Hi, Jack Yes, I start with a standard list of questions to begin to understand their project environment. No, they are not in a better positon to judge "just...
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM, lawrence_leach ... If I'm talking to someone I don't know, the conversation has to start somewhere. They are in a better...
Hi, Jay Sorry, I am still addressing non-project work. I am most concerned with the on-call engineering jobs for the plants that draw on the same enginnering...
Larry, That which is Quadrant II (In Covey's Important/Urgent Quad box) are always the tough ones. That is why you leave time in the project schedule to do...
Hi, Jack Just like asking someone for their favorite resturant isn't likely to give you a result you will like if they happen to have very different tastes...
Hi, Nicos Good analogy! The immediate problem is solved. I told the current requestor that I would not refer to him any of my prevous clients, because his...
Hi, Jay Yes, something like that is what they need. I hate to allow them to drop tasks without completing them. That has a tendency to be a slippery slope. ...
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 11:31 PM, lawrence_leach ... They want to figure out if their differences will make a difference. If it were possible for them to...
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