Tag: Focus

Leadership, Podcast

PBTO: Goldratt’s Rules of Flow – Delivering Projects on-time on-budget and on-spec and driving up profitability

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This is the recording of a live conversation I had with Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag to explore how the principles from the Theory of Constraints can be applied to multi-project environments (Digital transformation efforts) to deliver projects on time, on budget and on spec. She shared insights from her latest book (now available in Worldwide) Goldratt’s Rules of Flow to help us understand how to increase the velocity and throughputs of project deliveries within our organisation. We covered the following topics in the conversation: 1. Introducing the work of Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag 2. Do 70% of projects really fail to achieve their […]

Leadership, Podcast

PBTO: Asking the Right Questions and Questioning the right things with Dr. Alan Barnard

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In this conversation with @DrAlanBarnard, we explore how the principles of the Theory of Constraints (originally created by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt) can be used to not only drive significant business results but also to help us make high stake decisions as leaders. In this freewheeling conversation, we explore Dr Barnard’s story about how he met with Dr. Goldratt and his famous motto. We explore who is a true expert. He shares how he got into an argument with Dr. Goldratt and how he then formed a life long connection with Dr. Goldratt. He shares his most important lessons from all […]

Leadership

11 Commandments for Work

I stumbled onto these commandments while reading Tina Roth Eisenberg’s blog – Swissmiss and thought they captured what we all need in our lives today. So, sharing the same. Thanks to Nathan Englander for sharing this in the first instance on his Instagram account.

Entrepreneurship, Leadership

Avoiding Overwhelm – Managing the Workload of Being a Leader

One of the challenges that all entrepreneurs face is managing the workload. Being an entrepreneur is not easy. It takes a lot of time, energy, effort and attention. In this short video, Amy Jen Su, shares her perspective of how can we manage our workload and still have peace of mind and not get overwhelmed. She shares the 4P’s that we need to work on individually in order to achieve the 5th P (Peace of Mind): Personal Operating system: What she means is how we do operate as an individual. Do we have a single place where we capture everything […]

Leadership, Podcast

PBTO53: Deep Work: How to do work that Matters with Cal Newport

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Who is on the show: In this episode we host, Cal Newport. He is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. In addition to studying the theoretical foundations of our digital age, Newport also writes about the impact of these technologies on the world of work. Why is he on the show: His most recent book, Deep Work, argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the modern workplace and that the ability to concentrate without distraction is becoming increasingly valuable. He previously wrote So Good They Can’t Ignore You, a book which debunks the long-held belief that “follow your passion” is good advice, […]