Some History on TOC Consultants

I stumbled upon this recently.    Don't know yet who the writers are, or the veracity of the information, but was an interesting read.

http://www.executivebriefing-toc.com/consult.htm

Another Multi Tasking Video

If you have seen the "I Love Lucy" multi tasking video, this is very illustrative as well.

Notice how the quality deteriorates as he is increasing his multi tasking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvOHieaPgt4

Boxes and Thinking Out of the Box

Check your organizational design before asking people to think out of the box.

Read the full article http://www.evolvingexcellence.com/blog/2011/09/boxes.html

TOC Implementation Journey Blog

Daniel Hampton of Australia, is starting a new blog where he will share his experience with a Theory of Constraints (TOC) implementation in a manufacturing company.   For all of you who follow blogs, this may be interesting to follow.

http://tocjourney.aussieblogs.com.au/

SPE Implementation In Small IT Company

Justin Roff Marsh published a video showing how to implement his Sales Process Engineering Methodology in a very small company. 

http://www.salesprocessengineering.net/2011/09/22/tech-company-eliminates-salespeople-boosts-sales/

I became aware of Justin's Methodology around 2004, and quickly became an "evangelist" for it, due to its innovation approach.  As a reminder, his methodology aims to double sales development appointments without increasing  expenditures, and is based on two basic principles:

-Division of Labor

-Schedule Centralization

Justin is also currently writing a new book called "The Machine", where he explains in detail his Sales Process Methodology.  You can view the chapters written so far here:

http://www.salesprocessengineering.net/the-machine/

Critical Chain Summary - Rob Newbold

TOC Expert Rob Newbold published a very nice Critical Chain Summary, using "task deadlines" in a very original and simple way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xf-waj23P8

PS - The presentation was done in Prezi, which is a very interesting to avoid the traditional "death by power point".

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Santiago Velásquez Martínez

The Generosity Experiment - Sasha Dichter of Acumen Fund

In this wonderful TED talk (as all TED talks usually are), Sasha Dichter of Acumen Fund talks about an incredible "generosity experiment".  

http://vimeo.com/29140232

Acumen Fund is an organization that tries to solve problems in poor countries, using entrepreneurial approaches.

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Santiago Velásquez Martínez