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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

was the comment of a client after working for an hour on a Prerequisite Tree , one of the Thinking Process Tools from the Theory of Constraints. All of us are jacked into this system,” he says. Our choices are not as free as we think they are.”. The Theory of Constraints is all about focus.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We believe that the most spectacular application of the power of the Thinking Processes from the Theory of Constraints resides in addressing the market. It is called ‘External Constraint’ and it is Step 8 of the Decalogue: Step 8: Eliminate the external constraint (sell all the capacity the system has available.

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MARCH 8, 2023

In the age of complexity, this requires a systemic solution. Where does the knowledge come from to create and manage the kind of systemic organization we now need? Fortunately, in order to build, lead, and manage systemic organizations fit for our complex contemporary world, we do not have to reinvent the wheel.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Someone reading our business novel ‘ The Human Constraint’ asked us if the Theory of Constraints is different from Systems Thinking so we would like to address that in this post. Edwards Deming and Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt had developed in their own way a systemic approach to management.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It is also an enormous opportunity for all those companies who decide to abandon flawed thinking and adopt an evolved approach. In today’s post, Dr. Domenico Lepore looks at leading and managing a different kind of organization and the change process it entails. It’s a change process.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Today’s post is a quick break from our series on a systemic approach to org design, management and operations. The network of cause and effect relationship creates a field of forces and this field of forces is what determines the way we perceive what we think is reality. And yes, he’s our Founder!).

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Intelligent Management Inc.

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Most importantly, if we do not nurture the ability to think cause and effect, we put our very lives at risk. It is scary to think that this ability is not considered a necessary leadership skill. Our thinking shapes our reality. This is even more so if the change we want to effect concerns a complex entity like a company.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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. This means they are under our control and we can decide to change them for the better. So what can we do?

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Intelligent Management Inc.

MARCH 16, 2022

The ideal candidate will address issues through strategic thinking and long term plans, seeing the big picture and taking a systemic approach to rectify the problem.”. A “systemic approach” is what we at Intelligent Management have been proposing for over 25 years but it is far from being mainstream.

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APRIL 17, 2022

Digital transformation involves transformation of business activities, processes, competencies and models to fully leverage the changes and opportunities of digital technologies. It’s time to look at how to manage the process of change in a systemic way. Why change? Thinking cause and effect.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The key elements of the Theory of Constraints were published in the 1980s in Dr. Goldratt’s novel “The Goal”. Since then, the theory has been significantly expanded on. There also were numerous advancements made in identifying the appropriate managerial practices to help with the theory’s application.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The key elements of the Theory of Constraints were published in the 1980s in Dr. Goldratt’s novel “The Goal”. Since then, the theory has been significantly expanded on. There also were numerous advancements made in identifying the appropriate managerial practices to help with the theory’s application.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

AUGUST 14, 2022

It’s a strategically chosen constraint. Step Five of the Decalogue Method is: Manage the constraint (protect and control the system through buffer management). Let’s remember, also, that a constraint is NOT a bottleneck. See ‘ Constraints and Bottlenecks: You Need to Know the Difference ‘ ).

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

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. The role of HR in a systemic organization. There are no departments or divisions in a systemic organization. HR and Business.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

JANUARY 28, 2022

And yet management style, methods and techniques lag behind these changes. Edwards Deming and the Theory of Constraints, we developed the Decalogue management method with the goal of transforming the prevailing management style into one of whole system optimization. Inspired by the teachings of W. Evolving management.

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MARCH 24, 2022

The CEO of Goldman Sachs even considers remote work an “aberration” and said “I do think for a business like ours which is an innovative, collaborative apprenticeship culture, this is not ideal for us and it’s not a new normal…” This sounds a lot like fear of not being able to control the way people think and behave.

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JULY 29, 2022

Eliyahu Goldratt’s main contribution to the theory of management has been to point out that any system is limited toward its goal by very few elements , the constraints. In other words, we can always decide which constraint it is strategically more convenient to focus on as a leverage point and build the system accordingly.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Our little company, Intelligent Management, is on a quest, very much like Dr. Deming: The transformation of the prevailing management style into one of whole system optimization. The idea, as explained in all our writings from 2010 onwards, was to look at any organization for what it intrinsically is, a network of projects (and processes).

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Intelligent Management Inc.

OCTOBER 28, 2021

How to think is not a skill that we learn at school, or even university. Decision makers with the authority and responsibility to make meaningful change can look to the Theory of Constraints and learn a series of systemic Thinking Processes that lead to more effective thinking for decision-making.

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MARCH 3, 2022

What has this got to do with an approach to business? Edwards Deming and Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt that inspires everything we do at Intelligent Management will know that they represent a whole-system paradigm. It’s all about how we think. We can learn to think that collaboration is not a sign of weakness but of strength.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

APRIL 21, 2023

Today’s post ‘Our Reality is Systemic’ is by Dr. Domenico Lepore. Our reality is systemic. We know from physics that living organisms can be viewed as systems, be they cells or solar systems, and as such they obey certain laws. Such systems are made up of a web of interconnections.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Every ground breaking solution that is part of the Theory of Constraints springs from challenging limiting assumptions of the situation at hand. The Theory of Constraints is based on the concept that available resources are finite. Today’s post is by Dr. Giovanni Siepe. But how do we determine the Critical Chain?

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Intelligent Management Inc.

MARCH 16, 2022

The ideal candidate will address issues through strategic thinking and long term plans, seeing the big picture and taking a systemic approach to rectify the problem.”. A “systemic approach” is what we at Intelligent Management have been proposing for over 25 years but it is far from being mainstream.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

JULY 9, 2022

In step Two of the Decalogue, we mapped out our system using Deployment Flowcharts to map the major processes. Now that we are in a situation where we can “see” our organization as a system made up of processes, we have to understand exactly how variation affects our organization. If there is no goal, there is no system.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Dividing up an organization as a traditional functional hierarchy that does not take into account the systemic nature of a company creates a series of problems. Edwards Deming for enlightening the world to the fact that companies are inherently systems. Our version shows how a whole organization can be viewed as a system.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

AUGUST 25, 2021

Our lives today are filled with unprecedented levels of rapid change and complexity. Unintended consequences can quickly emerge from inadequate leadership thinking, and we are living with these every day. So we have an urgent need to learn to think in a “joined-up” way. The definition of ‘joined-up thinking” is: .

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Intelligent Management Inc.

JUNE 6, 2023

It’s time for companies to update their knowledge and approach to business–what may have worked before is inadequate for the complexity all organizations face today. Unfortunately, the reality is much more complex than the simplistic, linear way of thinking about an organization as a well-structured pyramid.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

JULY 3, 2022

To continue the flow with this series on the Ten Steps of the Decalogue Method , a systemic method for management, we’re inserting a short piece about leadership that was written just as the world was in the throes of a previous global crisis. The message is more valid than ever for our complex times. entailed in the plan.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Buying is a process of change. Because they have not understood that buying is a process of change. When we sell a product/solution to a customer and we want them to adopt that solution/service into their reality, we’re actually asking them to go through a change process. Guess what? They will resist.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

DECEMBER 2, 2021

One of my connections on LinkedIn saw my post and asked the question: “I agree that the Thinking Processes are vital to solving a problem. Bear in mind that for the Founders of Intelligent Management, the Theory of Constraints has been a central part of our lives and livelihood for over two decades.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

JULY 14, 2023

It’s time for companies to update their knowledge and approach to business–what may have worked before is inadequate for the complexity all organizations face today. In any organization, no matter their purpose or sector, there are two fundamental activities: repetitive processes and new initiatives (one-off projects).

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Intelligent Management Inc.

JULY 23, 2021

It’s an ongoing process, and like every process it can be improved. Today change is happening fast, threatening the survival of companies that can’t keep up. Acceleration and the constraint. When companies understand how to strategically choose and manage a constraint, it becomes their greatest advantage.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

JUNE 2, 2022

In the previous post we looked at interdependencies and establishing the goal of the system. In order to steer our system in the right direction we have to know how to make the right decisions. To do this it is essential that we be capable of assessing to what extent our system is achieving its goal.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2022

An organization is a complex system where different forms of energy interdepend: human energy, mechanical energy, electrical and digital to name a few. It is ten-step process so we called it ‘The Decalogue’. An organization is a system. What has that got to do with management, you may wonder? A great deal.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Van Houten has implemented exactly the kind of transformation we are helping companies to make: transitioning from being simple “suppliers” to become providers of systemic, integrated solutions that are unrivalled in the market place. In essence, van Houten’s approach is systemic. Be transparent. Be a “solutions company”.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

When an organization is fragmented in this way and its measurement system is geared up to reflect those fragments, then each department tries to protect what’s in its best interest (its local optima). Fortunately, there is powerful systemic tool to deal with the problem, allowing the process of delivering the project to be smoothed out.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

This post is by Angela Montgomery, author of ‘ The Human Constraint ‘ Many people lump the Theory of Constraints together with Lean and 6-sigma as “techniques for continuous improvement” This is a woefully inadequate perception of the Theory of Constraints (TOC). A SPAC story.

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