Leaders and managers must take their thinking ability to a whole new level for today’s pace of change
This is not the time for business as usual. Companies must be able to react fast to change and, more importantly, think ahead and plan in a robust way. This is because today’s world is complex. Complexity means there is an unprecedented level of interconnections that weave us into networks of networks. This complexity requires new thinking skills.
At Intelligent Management, we help companies achieve exceptional results by learning to think and operate systemically. We’ve helped dozens of SMEs in Europe and North America transform their offering to the market and grow significantly, even achieving a tenfold increase in revenue. From electrical services to healthcare, from mining operations to software houses and a failing multinational, we helped these companies adopt the Thinking Processes from the Theory of Constraints to make the breakthroughs they needed.
The Thinking Processes can take company performance to a whole new level. The multiple benefits include the ability to:
- Achieve a new perspective on the current reality
- Develop breakthrough solutions to create new value offerings for the market
- Learn to market and sell a high value offering in a systematic way
- Solve conflicts in a win-win way
- Create robust strategies and implementation plans
- Transfer knowledge and clear instructions
- Set clear goals, plan and manage projects more smoothly
- Embed continuous innovation into the day-to-day
Why the Theory of Constraints?
The Theory of Constraints (TOC) was developed by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt. TOC represents a revolutionary approach to the management of flow–of materials, information, money and anything that concerns the sustainable development of an organization. Dr. Goldratt presented the various aspects of TOC in a series of essays and business novels, starting with his international bestseller ‘The Goal’ in 1982. TOC is a paradigm shift in management thinking and economics. This shift requires a powerful set of Thinking Processes that Dr. Goldratt first unveiled in 1994 in his book ‘It’s Not Luck’.
The multitude of applications of Goldratt’s Thinking Processes, from marketing and sales to merger and acquisitions, have been the focus of our work at Intelligent Management over the last 30 years.
We have designed a set of new programs to take individuals and organizations through a gradual and easy-to-metabolize path to understand and adopt correctly the Thinking Processes to sustain organizational and personal development.
Please also see our article ‘What is the Theory of Constraints REALLY About?’
Why participate in these Thinking Process programs?
We live in an age of complexity. Our reality is dominated by unprecedented interdependencies and interconnections. Change happens fast and uncertainty is prevalent.
Decision-makers and organizations need to be equipped with the right kind of knowledge and understanding of complex phenomena, rather than relying on linear solutions that are no longer effective. They must have a way to overcome obsolete mental models and embed continuous innovation in their operations.
The Thinking Processes from the Theory of Constraints are designed to teach people how to think differently and leverage complexity to gain greater flexibility, resilience and sustainability in a win-win way.
They help us to embrace the exponential thinking that is coherent with a reality of networks and interconnection.
Aim of the Thinking Process programs
“You are not thinking, you are just being logical.” Neils Bohr
The aim of these programs is to familiarize participants with the Thinking Processes from the Theory of Constraints, as shared, practiced and developed internationally by the Intelligent Management team since their inception in 1994.
In current management literature, the Thinking processes are labeled as “logical”. Indeed, the Thinking Processes support an effective, rational approach to analyze cause-and-effect relationships. However, their most important feature is how they enable us to harness the power of emotions to provide a clearer picture of what we experience as our current reality and build a realistic path to overcome what is limiting us so we can create a more desirable future reality.
Talk to us to see if these Thinking Process programs are right for your organization
We understand that we are living in extraordinary times. The pace of change today requires a systemic ability to frame problems, find solutions and foresee implications. Leaders and managers need to be able take their thinking ability to a whole new level for these challenges. At Intelligent Management we have decided to share our decades of experience with the Thinking Processes through a set of new programs. Please contact us at intelligentmanagement@sechel.ws and find out how these programs can support your growth.
