Physicists are educated to ask fundamental questions to understand the nature of things and to understand them in terms of energy and speed. What has that got to do with management, you may wonder? A great deal. An organization is a complex system where different forms of energy interdepend: human energy, mechanical energy, electrical and […]
Archives for August 2022
Leading and Managing Change Effectively: It’s A Process that Includes You – A Systemic Approach Part 11
Every solution is a change. If entrepreneurs and leaders want new solutions to be implemented successfully, then all those involved have to be able to adapt their way of behaving to the requirements of that solution. This means we have to develop and communicate this solution in a way that everyone is involved in its […]
Controlling the Whole Organization through the Constraint – A Systemic Approach Part 10
Just ONE point of your organization can help you organize and manage your whole company. It’s a strategically chosen constraint. Everything else is connected to it so you can focus on ONE area instead of trying to focus on ALL areas – something that is impossible and a great time waster. Step Five of the […]
Improving Flow Company Wide – A Systemic Approach Part 9
In the previous posts in this series on the Ten Steps of the Decalogue Method we looked at the way Statistical Process Control (SPC), a strategically chosen constraint and managing the constraint buffer provide us with the focus and the practical mechanism to run our organization. However, there is still a very crucial element that […]
