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Business, Emotion and the Human Constraint

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We’ve been concentrating our writing efforts elsewhere and we are very happy to announce that ‘The Human Constraint’ that started out as an online project, downloaded in 43 countries around the world, will be published this year by a major publishing house, Taylor & Francis (Routledge). For several reasons.

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The Science of Thinking Breakthroughs from Dr. Domenico Lepore for Today’s Complex Business Environment

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And now for something completely different… Do you want to hear insight and foresight about business like you’ve never heard before? Dr. Domenico Lepore is one of the most provocative, knowledgeable and impactful business thinkers today. And yes, he’s our Founder!). Part two goes live next month.)

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Beyond Continuous Improvement: Deming and Goldratt together

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Trying to succeed with the same old recipes for business and management won’t cut it. This has been our mission since 1996 and was first laid out in the book ‘Deming and Goldratt: The Decalogue ‘, the first book to be published by Goldratt’s publisher about the Theory of Constraints that was not written by Goldratt himself.

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Why HR Is So Much More than a Department – A Systemic Approach Part 17

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When we build an organization taking into consideration its constraint, we have a focus point or leverage point that allows us to do so much more with all the resources available towards a common goal. People’s emotions are involved and HR has a special role in this regard. HR and Business. Negative implications.

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A Systems Approach to Change – The Thinking Processes from the Theory of Constraints

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How can we manage change in an organization, including the emotions involved, in a way that is structured, monitorable and effective? As a new season begins, we are reminded of the constancy of change. This post is by Founder of Intelligent Management Inc. Dr. Domenico Lepore. Dr. What to change to. How to make the change happen.

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Are Companies with Hierarchical/Functional Mindsets Dinosaurs? A Systemic Approach Part 14

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A much more organic design, based on managing variation and constraints and that reflects the intrinsically project-like nature of the work of any organization. An emotional and cognitive shift needs to occur in the way people learn and use their knowledge as well as how they see themselves develop and interact in the workplace.

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The Throughput Revolution that Beats Cutting Costs

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The Theory of Constraints is a management methodology developed by the physicist Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt in the late 1970s. In particular, in TOC the ideas of product cost and “ efficiency” are completely overturned in favor of the concepts of throughput and focus on the constraint. Today’s post is by Dr. Giovanni Siepe.