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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – Chapter 1 “Almost Paradise” (Pages 9 – 14)
Crichton leads up to the theme park, to Jurassic Park by creating multiple stakes. Here the stakes that he’s establishing is that the dinosaurs will escape. Continue reading
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Tagged Costa Rica, Dinosaur, Plastic Surgery, Vacation
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Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park: Deconstructing the Literary Launch of a Franchise – “Prologue: The Bite of the Raptor”
How big is the Jurassic Park media franchise? In this chapter a physician has to look up the word ‘raptor’ – something which seems totally implausible 30 years later because this book series so popularized the term. Continue reading
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Tagged attack, Corporate Fraud, dinsoaurs, emergency medicine, InGen, raptor, trauma
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Goldratt’s 8 Rules Of Flow
Goldratt’s book ‘Rules of Flow’ establishes 8 rules which are illustrated over the course of Marc Wilson’s story arc. Continue reading
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Tagged Goldratt, Industry, The Goal, Theory of Constraints, ToC
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter Review
If you’ve read the original The Goal, Rules of Flow is worth reading. If you’re choosing which to read first – I recommend those new to theory of constraints start here. Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Part 3, Chapters 20 – 27 60 Second Video Summary
In the final chapter, Marc and his sister are summoned to their parent’s house where Isaac hands the business over to Marc, compliments him for the changes he has created using the Theory of Constraints he’s learned in Professor Silver’s course, and let’s both of them know about his terminal disease. Continue reading
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Tagged agile, Cycling, Goldratt, Herbie, Project Management, Turkey, Video, Youtube, YouTube Shorts
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Part 3, Chapters 20 – 27, Pages 117 – 171: The End
Marc and his sister are summoned to their parent’s house where Isaac hands the business over to Marc, compliments him for the changes he has created using the Theory of Constraints he’s learned in Professor Silver’s course, and let’s both of them know about his terminal disease. Continue reading
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Tagged agile, Athletics, Cycling, Goldratt, Project Management, Thanksgiving Dinner, Theory of Constraints
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: FIN, Chapter 27 – “The Contingency Plan”
Rules of Flow Resolution: Marc learns of his father’s illness and is given the company to run. Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, Death, Goldratt, leadership, Succession Planning, terminal illness, The Goal
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 26 – “How to Get Started”
Silver identifies that the ultimate constraint in an organization is leadership time and their ability to focus attention on the highest value opportunities. Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 25 – “Lead Time is Getting Shorter”
Snap back to realityOh, there goes gravity – Eminem “Lose Yourself” Big moves in the plot! Marc gets a call for “Mr. Wilson” and accepts it, but it was really a call to his father and now Marc knows that … Continue reading
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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 24 – “Buffer Management”
Marc realizes that a lot of the minutiae he tracks from his team has now become busywork as he has cut the number of projects and increased the flow of WIP. Continue reading
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Tagged Buffer, Executive MBA, Fever Chart, Goldratt, Project Management, Project Tracking, Rick Silver
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