All, I just had to take advantage in this pause to say "Thank you" for all the great dialogue. I've been sitting here quietly reading the banter, and its been...
that's this one: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalChain/message/6719 - for those of us using mail rather than the web interface. ... -- Clarke...
Peter, Thank you for the kind words. I hope you did not miss Larry's response to that post. He points out that nearly every interaction between an employer and...
Hi Larry At the beginning of this thread I suggested that your reservations about the layers of resistance model were probably due to an insufficiency. I have ...
Hi, Brian Thank you for explaining my intuitive thought so exceedingly well. ;-) Regards, Larry Leach ... out that nearly every interaction between an employer...
Hi, Jim Yes, I have reached a tentative conclusion. All my conclusions are tentative, waiting on more input to be falsified and replaced by better hypotheses....
Hi Larry I sense that you are somewhat happier about the positioning of the layers of resistance. I have several change models in my head and I like the idea...
Hi Larry Something else to think on. The Goldratt group have moved away from the TOC roadmap as we know it. _ BTW this leaves a door open for people like Bill...
Hi, Jim Regarding your closing question, there is a technique greatly discussed in the U.S. media these days call waterboarding. I am not sure of the...
A few months ago I ran a skype mini-conference with a bunch of my agile friends and it worked very well. About 12 of us had a 2 hour conversation which...
A few months ago I ran a skype mini-conference with a bunch of my agile friends and it worked very well. About 12 of us had a 2 hour conversation which...
Hi, Jim I have observed Eli's recent fascination with the S&T tree, but didn't understand it as an overall change in approach. I thought it just another tool....
Hi, Jim Comfortable? Sure. I am now convinced the "Layer of Resistance Model" is falsified. In the future, if I mention it, I will present in the context of a...
Larry, I was trained as a Jonah back in 1993. Through most of my working life I have worked internally to organizations bringing about operational change. So...
Hi Larry Wonder if this will be the answer to a maiden’s prayer perhaps. The Goldratt Webcast Series by Eli Goldratt Probably twenty years have past since I...
Hi Clarke, Excellent idea. I am very interested to participate, even though I am not a Jonnah, but mostly self educated in TOC. Regards Nicos Leon Senior...
Hey Santiago, Did you have any luck with your cloud? Clarke .oOo. Sent from my BlackBerry www.ClarkeChing.com +44(0)7920114893 ... From: "Santiago Velásquez...
Hi, Rick Thanks for the history. It makes sense to me. I agree that implementation is the weakest part of TOC, but believe it be due to a different core...
Hi, Jim Well, if articulating "I'm an alchoholic" is the first step, Eli seems to have crossed that bridge (i.e. acknowledging that they have missed the boat...
Hello, We hear this phrase constantly in TOC speak. I don't know exactly what it means, mathematically. Is it increase in percentages like from 10% to 100%? ...
Thanks! "Orders of magnitude are generally used to make very approximate comparisons. If two numbers differ by one order of magnitude, one is about ten times...
Hi, Santiago Yes, an order of magnitude literally means a factor of ten. One place it is used in setting the magnitude of the brightness of stars. I think the...
Hi, All Thanks to those of you who recommended Klein. I am devouring Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions. I like a number of things about his work. It...
Hi all, I am at the TOCICO convention this week and the entire thing is about the S&T Tree. I like the tree but the convention is lacking substance. As...
Hi, That's what 12-step programs offer, and link into "I'll always be an alcoholic" and always needing the support structure. Other schemes avoid such...