How can we transition from a set of solutions to a reliable path to create our desired future reality? Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic management, continues his series on the Thinking Process Tools from the Theory of Constraints. Bridging the Present with a Desirable Future In our previous posts, we looked at the […]
Challenging the Mental Models of Organizations with the Core Conflict Cloud
How do we free ourselves of mental models to get to our goal of breakthrough? Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic management, continues his series on the Thinking Process Tools from the Theory of Constraints. In our previous post we summarized how we build the Core Conflict in an organization. (See How Control Vs. Vision […]
How Control Vs. Vision Leads to Breakthrough with the Core Conflict Cloud
How do we create a breakthrough when our need for control and our need for vision drive us into a core conflict? Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic management, continues his series on the Thinking Process Tools from the Theory of Constraints. Since our childhood we have been immersed in a field of forces […]
Connection and Transformation with the Conflict Cloud Tool
Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic management, offers unique insight into the Conflict Cloud tool, a systemic Thinking Process Tool from the Theory of Constraints. Dr. Lepore developed the Decalogue Management Methodology together with Oded Cohen. Virtually any situation of blockage can be portrayed in terms of conflict. There are at least three main […]
Separating Wants from Needs – Tools For Thinking Systemically
Embracing conflicts and separating wants from needs are how we actualize change and breakthrough. International expert on systemic change, Dr. Domenico Lepore, shares his insights after many years of guiding corporate and individual change through the Thinking Process Tools. Embracing conflicts In virtually every culture I had the opportunity to come in touch with, the […]
Thinking Process Tools for Managing Systemically
The Thinking Processes from the Theory of Constraints (TOC) first appeared in Dr. Eli Goldratt’s novel ‘It’s Not Luck’ (1994), although a preliminary sketch of the Conflict Cloud had been published in his essay “What is this thing called TOC” (1991). Since then, dozens of books and publications have become available, each of which claiming […]
Educating, Training and Nurturing Systemic Managers (Drive Out Fear)
We have looked in our previous posts at the shape and nature of an organization where we can drive out fear. But how do we prepare people to work within an organization that is different from a traditional hierarchy? What are the skills they need practically, intellectually and emotionally? One thing is for sure: it […]
Structuring the Network of Projects: Emotions and Algorithms
In this series we have illustrated our efforts to draw from network theory to enhance Deming’s Theory of Profound Knowledge and Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints. As an organizational methodology, it is conceptually intricate and its implementation requires a deep understanding of the Theory of Constraints. We hope we have raised and answered some questions, and […]
Learning, Joy, and the Interconnected Future
Continuing our series on the network of projects, this post is by Dr. Domenico Lepore, founder of Intelligent Management Inc.Over the last 20 years he has developed and applied the Decalogue Management methodology in a wide range of organizations in Europe and the USA. The Decalogue is a powerful systemic synergy of W. Edwards Deming’s […]
Fear-free Career Paths in the Project-Based Network Organization
If there is no traditional hierarchy, how can your career progress? Digital cowboys, the new generation of talent described in Pekka Viljakainen’s book ‘No Fear’ , reject the form and values of the traditional organization. We continue our series in response to Pekka’s invitation to outline how we at Intelligent Management would tackle driving out […]
