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I just sent a post and it got lost in transit...so annoying...i'll try to reproduce..

I have read a host of books recently and they have had the most rewarding impact on me and i would love to share same with you.

I beleive we can never go through as much experience as we would need in life or to have as much knowlegde in all aspects of our life....this we could learn when we read books, we glean from the experiences of others and also their thoughts which can really be rewarding most times.

I had a chat with my younger sister recently and i told her i would love to teach people how to think (wierd hun!)...Well following from the theory of connectionism, you would realise we naturally dont use our brains as effectively as it could be used much more we could capitalise on what we know and turn it to a strenght

The Theory of Constraints (TOC) seeks to exploit the constraint in a system, structure and or organisation to get the best out of it. Its observed that the most that can be goten is to work through the constraint. The first thing to do is to identify the constraint, exploit it and then elevate the constraint....the whole idea is to be able to objectively communicate commonsense in solving problems.

There are certain beliefs and platforms this draws its strenght from

1. That local optimums dont equal overall higher efficiency...for example tools get to the field in good time(100% local optimum) but the men in the field are not fast enough to beat the deadline and so the job is delayed(lower overall efficiency) the idea is to work through the constraints

2. The 20/80 Pareto Principle,as good and true as it is, only holds sway where the variables involved are independent. For systems, structures and organisations the variables are all dependent for which we have dependent action/events where the subsequent action is determined and delayed till the preceding action/event.Thus its advisable to always work around the constraint!

This can be found practicable in banking halls, shop floor, hospitals, airline etc

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(The Goal - Elliyahu Goldratt)