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Aug 03 2022

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 […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: systems view of the world · Tagged: company-wide, competencies, critical chain, flow, synchronized projects

Nov 11 2020

The Human Constraint – Going Beyond What We Think Is Possible

Our lives today are filled with unprecedented levels of rapid change and complexity. Unintended consequences can quickly emerge from inadequate leadership thinking, so we must urgently learn to think not just in a “joined-up” way but in a systemic way. This means developing the skills to: understand and analyze our current reality, as individuals and organizations; […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: critical chain, human constraint, Thinking Processes

Oct 30 2020

Scheduling a Project – The Most Critical Activity For Every Business

Building an organization as a whole system all starts with scheduling, as pointed out by Dr. Domenico Lepore in Part 7 of this series. Here in Part 8 he introduces the all important subject of scheduling. The process of scheduling As we stated in Part 2 of this series, you cannot have the same person work […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: constraint, project management · Tagged: control chart, critical chain, ess3ntial, scheduling

Oct 22 2020

Transforming to an End-to-End Operating Model with a Whole System Technology

As Dr. Goldratt has pointed out, a technology is only of use when it removes a limitation. Here in Part 7 of this series, Dr. Domenico Lepore introduces the journey that led to a new technology for transformation.  Our Journey: Ess3ntial My partners and I were not born digital; let’s say we all have vivid […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: critical chain, end-to-end, end-to-end operating model, ess3ntial, scheduling

Oct 01 2020

How to Scale a Business Sustainably

In the previous article in this series, our Founder Dr. Domenico Lepore, described the evolution of a systemic solution for managing organizations and avoiding silos. Here in Part Four, he answers the question “How do you put it into action?” In 1999, we still did not have a sufficiently generic and comprehensive answer to how […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Uncategorized · Tagged: competencies, critical chain, scale business, silos

Sep 10 2020

A New Perspective for Business Management

As more and more companies cope with staff working from home and the possibility that offices will never again be the way the were, the times have never been riper for a complete rethink of business management and the way we work. But it’s not enough to have interesting ideas or suggestions. It requires a methodology, […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: systems view of the world, Theory of Constraints · Tagged: business management, cccm, ccpm, critical chain

Jul 31 2020

Deming, Goldratt and Critical Chain – the Pillars for Transforming Management and Organizations Today

Today’s post is by the Founder of Intelligent Management Inc. Dr. Domenico Lepore   and it is Part 1 of our new series on a new perspective for business management and a valid solution for sustainable growth.  In 1997, I was among the few to receive from Larry Gadd, Dr. Goldratt’s Publisher at North River Press, […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Uncategorized · Tagged: ccpm, critical chain, Deming and Goldratt, network of projects, organization design

Dec 19 2019

If Top Sectors Apply Critical Chain Method to Accelerate Projects, Why Does PMI Keep it Secret?

Every company has to coordinate and synchronize internal and external actions to get results. That’s the way every industry works and success depends on it. We can call it Project Management. There are thousands, if not millions, of well-meaning Project Managers around the world whose job is to help projects work. People spend millions of […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Network of Projects, project management · Tagged: critical chain, multitasking, PMI, project management

Nov 12 2019

Educating Executives for Systems Leadership in the Digital Age

The Managing Director of the World Economic Forum recently published an article called ‘Why the World Needs Systems Leadership, Not Selfish Leadership’ The article concludes: The self-important don’t always win. Selfless leadership can create systemic change that spreads happiness – instead of hoarding it. At Intelligent Management we have been educating executives to be Systems […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: Systems Thinking, systems view of the world · Tagged: critical chain, Deming, leadership, SPC, systems leaders, WEF

Aug 02 2019

How to Do New Product Development Seamlessly with a Systems Approach

Any organization that wishes to innovate must be able to develop new products. The ability to develop new ideas, and new products in particular, can be stimulated and increased systemically by addressing the “cognitive limits” of the organization using the Thinking Processes from the Theory of Constraints. The capacity to continuously innovate has become a […]

Written by angela montgomery · Categorized: project management, Systems Thinking, systems view of the world · Tagged: critical chain, new product development, Thinking Processes

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