Episode
75

The Science of Decision Making: Turn Constraints Into Effectiveness & Productivity

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Dr. Alan Barnard
by Flow Research Collective
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75
August 1, 2023
"It's not about balancing capacities, it's about balancing flows. And the only way to have balance flows is to have a single bottleneck with predictive capacity up and downstream to ensure that the work just flows through the system."
Dr. Alan Barnard

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ABOUT THE GUEST:

Dr. Alan Barnard is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, strategy advisor, research scientist, app developer, author, lecturer, podcaster, lifelong learner and coach.

Alan is considered one of the world’s leading Decision Scientists and Theory of Constraints experts. His research focuses on understanding why good people make, and often repeat bad decisions, and how to avoid these.

Alan is the CEO of Goldratt Research Labs, which he co-founded with Dr. Eli Goldratt, creator of Theory of Constraints and author of THE GOAL. GRL’s goal is to help individuals and organizations make better faster decisions when it really matters. From their research, Alan and his team has developed the range of award-winning Harmony Apps. Their clients include Fortune 1000 companies, Government Agencies and people from over 70 countries that are using their apps to make difficult life and business decisions.

For more information, visit www.dralanbarnard.com, www.goldrattresearchlabs.com, www.harmonyapps.com  and www.tocodyssey.org

ABOUT THE EPISODE:

In this episode, you will learn about:

  • Multitasking Doesn't Work (03:08)
  • Challenge basic assumptions (14:37)
  • 5 Steps to better decision making (20:33)
  • Defining problems properly (31:41)
  • Eliyahu Goldratt & his research (33:26)
  • Counterintuitive Theory of Constraints (38:38)
  • How Dr. Alan helps organizations (45:25)
  • Theory of Constraints Parent Category (52:44)

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