Theory Of Constraints Thinking Processes (more)

One of the thinking processes in the theory of constraints (ToC Thinking Processes), a current reality tree (CRT) is a tool to analyze many systems or organizational problems at once. By identifying root causes common to most or all of the problems, a CRT can greatly aid focused improvement of the system. A current reality tree is a directed graph. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_reality_tree_(theory_of_constraints) (more)

Shreyas Doshi: High Agency: what is it, why its important, and how to cultivate it. Let’s talk about High Agency: an attitude I’ve seen in every successful leader I’ve known. Some people are born/raised with High Agency. It can also be developed later in life. High Agency is a prerequisite for making a profound impact in one's life and work. (more)

William Gibson book series: Peripheral (Oct28'2014), Agency (Jan21'2020)..... (more)

DevOps novel by Gene Kim (in the style of Eli Goldratt, and extending his thinking) (more)

Collaboration as a 2-person team. cf Pair Programming, Pair-Product-Managing, Rubber Ducking, Parallel Writing

there are many rules of three, but my favorite is: any plot which required more than three different things to happen would never work in real life (cf planning, HPMOR) (more)

key Model for a Learning Organization? (more)

Virginia Satir model of learning showing that's it's not a simple learning curve. http://www.stevenmsmith.com/my-articles/article/the-satir-change-model.html

Coaching with a focus on overall personal Self Improvement. (more)

A company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (commonly abbreviated EBITDA,[1] pronounced /iːbɪtˈdɑː/,[2] /əˈbɪtdɑː/,[3] or /ˈɛbɪtdɑː/[4]) is a measure of a company's profitability of the operating business only, thus before any effects of indebtedness, state-mandated payments, and costs required to maintain its asset base. It is derived by subtracting from revenues all costs of the operating business (e.g. wages, costs of raw materials, services ...) but not decline in asset value, cost of borrowing, lease expenses, and obligations to governments. Though often shown on an income statement, it is not considered part of the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) by the SEC[5] and the SEC hence requires that companies registering securities with it (and when filing its periodic reports) reconcile EBITDA to net income. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earnings_before_interest,_taxes,_depreciation_and_amortization (more)

aka profit

Customer Development focused instead of Product-Driven Auteur Theory? Peter Drucker: There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer. (more)

Venkatesh Rao: So You Think You're Customer-Driven? I've made no secret of my strongly partisan belief that being product-driven is a far superior stance than being customer-driven, but I've never properly unpacked why I think that. Here's the main reason: To be product-driven you merely have to be a talented person in a specific narrow and easily testable way. But to be genuinely customer-driven, you have to be a better person in a hard-to-test way. Add to that my priors that talent is common, but genuine good character is rare, and you'll understand why I have the bias I do. (more)

aka Product-led

When a businesses priorities/culture and growth are focused on product management for customer success. (more)

big-business guru, early work was based on years of research with General Motors, "created" Management by Objectives" (more)

‘Burn. It. The. F#&!. Down.’ In early March, Ben Hunt was livid. “I haven’t said this in a while,” he noted, repeating what has become his signature line: “Burn. It. The. Fuck. Down.” (BITFD) (more)

Burn It The F* Down

Periods where different strategies made sense (more)