The Third Alternative - Steven Covey

I don't know if Covey ever read about Goldratt's Logical Thinking Process.  But his new book resonates a lot with Goldratt's ideas of "questioning assumptions" and finding superior solutions to conflicts at any scale.

Even though Covey's books are usually a bit long, this should be probably a good read.

http://blog.800ceoread.com/2011/11/10/stephen-covey-says-compromise-is-for-chumps/

Quotes that represent deep mental models

I found this compilation of quotes somewhere on the net (can't remember where).

Nice summary of the "essential teachings" of great personalities.

Evolution of Lean

A very interesting timeline of the different continuous improvement inventions that help develop LEAN.   For that sake, many of the events contributed to the development of several other methodologies such as Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints (TOC)

http://www.shmula.com/http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/2010/10/evolution-of-lean-history-timeline-toyota1.png

Malcolm Gladwell piece about Steve Jobs

Gladwell writes a very interesting piece about Steve Jobs and the details of his character.   Very interesting read.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/14/111114fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all

  

Examples of Distortions of IT Allocation Costs

An article showing many of the distortions that occur when allocating costs, looked through the lens of an IT department.  

http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2011/10/20/musing-about-the-cloud-and-enterprise-cost-allocation/

Site for Creating Clouds

An online site to create your clouds.

http://evaporatingclouds.com/

The New "Mozart Offer"

Whoever thought an "unrefusable offer" could be built, for classical music interpreters?

http://www.mozartgroup.org/video.htm

If you've heard of the "purple cow" concept of Seth Godin, this is a perfect fit.