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Working with Variation to Support Good Decision Making – A Systemic Approach Part 7

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In our previous post we looked at understanding variation and processes. In this post we continue with Step Three of the Decalogue Management Method , “Make the system stable (understand variation and its impact on the network)” by looking at gathering data and why that matters. There are two kinds of variation.

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Leading and Managing Change Effectively: It’s A Process that Includes You – A Systemic Approach Part 11

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This level reflects a disconnect between the understanding of change required and the logic that will bring the results. The Thinking Processes promote and reinforce the kind of systemic intelligence needed to create and manage an organization as a whole system. Level 3: Have we really thought everything through?

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Controlling the Whole Organization through the Constraint – A Systemic Approach Part 10

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Just ONE point of your organization can help you organize and manage your whole company. A strategically chosen constraint is what allows us to manage the organization as one, whole system. Individual processes in our system exhibit variation; two or more together do too and this is called covariance.

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Shifting Your Focus from Cost to Throughput is How You Can Thrive – a Systemic Approach Part 15

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In the previous posts in this series, we looked at how to build and manage an organization as a system to radically improve performance and compete in today’s complex, non-linear global business environment. Organizations, as we have said, are sets of interdependent components that work together to pursue a common goal.

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A New Approach for Buffer Management to Control Your Constraint and Projects

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After all, variation exists. Dr. Goldratt identified a way to protect the constraint from the impact of variation by inserting a Buffer in front of it. A Buffer is a measure of TIME, and when placed in front of the constraint it prevents variation from affecting the correct functioning of the system.

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A New Approach for Buffer Management to Control Your Projects

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After all, variation exists. Dr. Goldratt identified a way to protect the constraint from the impact of variation by inserting a Buffer in front of it. A Buffer is a measure of TIME, and when placed in front of the constraint it prevents variation from affecting the correct functioning of the system.

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

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Thanks to Derek Hudson’s interview, you can hear Domenico providing a level of clarity on what businesses can do to create breakthrough solutions and thrive in complexity that is hard to find elsewhere. Organizations get stuck but there is a very precise method they can follow to get unstuck and create breakthrough solutions.

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