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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 22 – “What Changes to Expect?”

Her father extended the topic and its impact to give it depth; her master stroke here is instead to bring the topic together to show its impact and drive home the importance of short communication loops and psychological safety when working on projects. Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: A Summary of Part 2 of 3 – Chapters 9 – 19, Pages 47 – 116

Chapters 9 – 12 kick off with Marc Wilson working with his work-crush Abbie to change their approach to project management; telling the team the plan, iterating once they have feedback, and dealing with customer response to the changing methods. … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 18 – “Additional Gates”

It’s easy to put on another hat and see Isaac as a terrible boss and father who doesn’t listen to his son / employee while withholding critical information – his untreatable terminal illness and pending sale of the company. Write this story with that angle and it becomes a warning tale about narcissism and other dark triad activity. Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 15 – “Enough Weight, Enough Repetitions”

At just two pages, this short chapter is stylistically similar to Chapter 7 from The Goal; Goldratt used several short chapters to advance the story. Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 14 – “T Minus Preparation”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] Pages 81 – 86 Marc and Abbie roll out the ‘full-kit’ concept to their … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 13 – “Full-kit”

“In every project there is uncertainty, so we know we can’t always predict everything that we may need. But, to maximize the chances that the project won’t suffer from delays, the experts are the ones who should be in charge of full-kitting. This is a much better use of their time than firefighting emergencies caused by missing things.” Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 10 – “The Multitasking Game”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] Pages 55 – 60 After deciding to move forward in Chapter 9, Marc and … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 9 – “Will it work?”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] Pages 47 – 55 Marc visits with Abbie about cutting the WIP – freezing … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapters 1 – 8; First Quarter Summary

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading

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Goldratt’s Rules of Flow: Chapter 8 – “Bad Multitasking”

[If you haven’t read the original version of The Goal – it’s a better book. Here’s a chapter-by-chapter video summary, and a <60 second summary too.] [Click here for a 60 second video summary of the first 8 chapters of … Continue reading

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