Tony - ... Agreed. While we probably disagree on means to that end, it's a much more interesting discussion. Rob Rob Newbold CEO ProChain Solutions, Inc. ...
Ski - ... I'm not aware of any reviews at this point. It's been out a month and I didn't do any "pre-publication" stuff. We are starting to send copies out for...
... Rob Thanks. I had seen it (that was over a month ago!) but it did not register until recent discussions on this group touched the subject lightly, and of...
Henrik, Larry - I agree also that structure matters. There are times when an organization can't be fixed without major structural changes (my impression of GM,...
Larry Regarding the question of CEO compensation. There's a principle at stake here: property rights. If I own a company, I can pay myself whatever I like...
Justin, Larry, and Tony, If my memory serves rightly, I find one German practice (also, a Schumacher recommendation) in executive compensation interesting....
Can you contact me offline dave? ... Clarke Ching - 1. Author of "Rolling Rocks Downhill" ... a business novel about software development; coming soon from...
... In Sweden we usually do it like this: A couple of years ago Volvo decided to build a new, improved IT organization. They drew a completely new organization...
Hi all I am working with a number of job shops. The jobs they do range in duration from a few days to a week to a few weeks or even months. I have set them up...
Bryan We are doing this too with a couple of ETO clients currently (although we don't get involved in the shop-floor-scheduling piece). We establish a parent...
... There has been no effective model for designing the structures of a corporations effectively. In engineering we use mathematical models widely as tools...
Tony You say that "there have been no effective models for designing the structures of a corporation effectively". There have at least been some useful models...
Hi everyone, My wife has given me permission to think of new book titles, but not to write any new books until my first book is actually published. That said,...
So which is the one with the pipe and the yarmulke? From: CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CriticalChain@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Newbold Sent:...
These systems should be flexible and capable to constantly create "relationships"; something similar with our bodies that can transform "Bad" into Good....
I think you need to pookah around a bit to find the answer. Maybe you can draw the remaining rabbits out of Six Thinking Hats. Maybe a Rabbit of Curiosity?...
Tell me more about The Autonomation Rabbit or "Autonobunny" ... Please! Sent using my BlackBerry Bold - the thinking man's iphone. www.clarkeching.com ...
Sorry, just read your note again Henrik, and I didn't notice the first time round that you had autonmation as the "laziness bunny". Would you believe that I...
Oh and I can see the curriousity bunny wearning a harness ... otherwise he races off in all sorts of directions. ... Clarke Ching - 1. Author of "Rolling...
Without using the words Critical Chain, how would you describe the Critical Chain bunny? ... Clarke Ching - 1. Author of "Rolling Rocks Downhill" ... a...
Hi Clarke, The Autonomation Rabbit is very Lean and has a human touch. She is very fond of pookah jokes, but keeps misspelling it "poka-yoke". (So do the...
... Critical ... Well, it is fond of the Central Limit Theorem. ;-) Sorry, my brain is pretty mushy. Yesterday I decided to make a simulation of Deming's...
"I was thinking of laziness as in one of the three virtues of a (Perl) programmer." Laziness is a virtue shared by the best engineers. They do their best to...
Hi, Justin Yes, property rights is the point indeed. We agree that if you own the company, you can pay yourself whatever you want. You are also liable for the...
HI, Brian I think you are on the right track. To respect property rights, the executives and the board should have to pay back the stockholders from their...
Hi, Tony Good points! Regards, Larry Leach ... on ... chart. ... supports ... models widely ... the time ... designed the ... provide. ... for ... models rest ...
Hi, Clarke You clever devil! I wonder how many others got that Rupert is a contraction of RUP (the complex IT project management process IBM bought), and...
"He/she will act as a change agent inspiring others, influencing without authority...." It's from a job-ad for a management job. Oh brother! Tony Rizzo ...
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