The paradoxical nature of a #constraint is that it constrains or limits us, but we can use that very limitation to unleash potential we would otherwise not access.
#business novel #innovation
I had observed something in working with companies time and again that is profoundly human. The greatest barrier and greatest opportunity we face as individuals in our lives and businesses is our cognitive or human constraint.
#businessnovel#constraint
Based on nearly two decades of in-the field research and development with dozens of businesses, I could write about the thinking, method and tools to put a vision of business free of zero sum game into practice.
#businessnovel#systemsapproach
I first started working on 'The Human Constrain't in the wake of the greatest financial crisis of our times. Many people lost their homes and jobs and so many lives were shattered. Many would never recover, and yet the banks were bailed out.
#financialcrisis#businessnovel
Why do we bother with books? Without books, our lives are clamped and constricted to what we see around us. Our language is basic and our thoughts cannot soar beyond our primal needs.
#businessnovel
Why would a boutique consulting firm invest considerable time and effort in producing a business novel? We were inspired y the example of Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt.
#systemsapproach#innovation#problemsolving
The journey in my new book 'The Human Constraint' (Routledge) arches across from Wall Street at the onset of the global financial crisis through Milan to Vancouver Island.
Over the last 40 years, a rapidly increasing number of fields of human knowledge, from science to medicine, epistemology, environmental studies use systems theory and systems thinking to gain a deeper insight into the basic mechanisms of life and its evolution.
#systemsapproach
The good news is that, even in the business world, we can learn how to leverage #complexity to achieve greater flexibility, resilience, and #sustainability in a win-win way.
#systemsapproach
Unprecedented #interdependencies became evident with the pandemic and supply chains breaking down. The problem is that we are lagging behind in understanding this new reality and continue to think and act in a way that is no longer adequate for the 21st century.
#systemsapproach
Why are we dealing with multiple crises, and seemingly everywhere, and all at once? It is because we now live in an age of #complexity: our reality is dominated by interdependencies and interconnections at a level that is unprecedented.
#systemsapproach
Why must we learn to think differently?
We now live in an age of ‘permacrisis.’ The appeal of simplistic, populist messages becomes strong when so few people, including leaders, have clear ideas about why these crises exist and how to address them.
#systemsapproach