Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Problem

Being a fan/advocate for Theory of Constraints Thinking, I find Mike Michalowicz’s statement to be very accurate, especially when you subscribe to the thinking process that says the “Constraint” is the ONE THING that keeps a company from reaching its GOAL. Not knowing your Constraint is a BIG PROBLEM. The converse is knowing where your…

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Rinse and Repeat – Step 11 of 11

In the last OneThingLean Blog post, we talked about Step 4, or Elevate the Constraint, Today we will look at the last step in this 5 step process, Rinse and Repeat. For context, lets review our Five Steps one more time. Identify the Constraint Exploit the Constraint Subordinate every other decision to the Constraint Elevate…

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Elevating the Constraint – Part 10 of 11

In the last OneThingLean Blog post, we talked about Step 3, or Subordinating every other decision to the Constraint. Today we will look at step 4, Elevate the Constraint. For context, lets review our Five Steps one more time. Identify the Constraint Exploit the Constraint Subordinate every other decision to the Constraint Elevate the Constraint Rinse…

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Subordination Consternation – Part 9 of 11

In the last OneThingLean Blog post, we talked about Step 2, or Exploiting the Constraint. Today we will look at step 3, Subordinate every other decision to the Constraint. For context, lets review our Five Steps one more time (I may repeat myself often as it relates to these 5 steps). Identify the Constraint Exploit the…

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Can Exploitation ever be a Good Thing? – Part 8 of 11

In the last OneThingLean Blog post, we talked about Step ZERO, or determining our Goal. Having already covered the first of the five step process in the two articles prior, finding or identifying the constraint, today we will look at step 2, Exploit the Constraint. For context, lets review our Five Steps one more time…

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Where’s Waldo – Part 5 of 11

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I bet you thought I had abandoned this Blog. Well, in one sense you would be right, I definitely got distracted, and kept hitting the snooze button on my reminders to write a blog post on the next step in our journey of finding, or maybe a better way of stating it is, identifying our…

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Fixing One Thing Can Fix A Lot Of Things – Part 4 of 11

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In my last One Thingology Blog post, we talked about a couple different kinds of constraints. Physical Constraints and Policy Constraints. Now it’s time to look at the implications of breaking a constraint. Remember my original assertion that “One Thing Can Change Everything”? Well, let’s talk about the implications of breaking my delivery policy constraint.…

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