Monthly Archives: March 2012

Challenging the Mental Models of Organizations with the Core Conflict Cloud

How do we  free ourselves of mental models to get to our goal of breakthrough?   Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic management, continues his series on the Thinking Process Tools from the Theory of Constraints.       In … Continue reading

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How Control Vs. Vision Leads to Breakthrough with the Core Conflict Cloud

How do we  create a breakthrough  when our need for control and our need for vision drive us into a core conflict? Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic management, continues his series on the Thinking Process Tools from the … Continue reading

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Connection and Transformation with the Conflict Cloud Tool

Dr. Domenico Lepore, international expert in systemic management, offers unique insight into the Conflict Cloud tool, a systemic Thinking Process Tool from the Theory of Constraints. Dr. Lepore developed the Decalogue Management Methodology together with Oded Cohen.       … Continue reading

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Separating Wants from Needs – Tools For Thinking Systemically

Embracing conflicts and separating wants from needs are how we actualize change and breakthrough. International expert on systemic change, Dr. Domenico Lepore, shares his insights after many years of guiding corporate and individual change through the Thinking Process Tools.   … Continue reading

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Thinking Process Tools for Managing Systemically

The Thinking Processes Tools from the Theory of Constraints (TOC) first appeared in Dr. Eli Goldratt’s novel ‘It’s Not Luck’ (1994), although a preliminary sketch of the Conflict Cloud had been published in his essay “What is this thing called … Continue reading

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Educating, Training and Nurturing Systemic Managers (Drive Out Fear)

We have looked in our previous posts at the shape and nature of an organization where we can drive out fear. But how do we prepare people to work within an organization that is different from a traditional hierarchy? What … Continue reading

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Structuring the Network of Projects: Emotions and Algorithms

In this series we have illustrated our efforts to draw from network theory to enhance Deming’s Theory of Profound Knowledge  and Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints. As an organizational methodology, it is conceptually intricate and its implementation requires a deep understanding … Continue reading

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Learning, Joy, and the Interconnected Future

Continuing our series on the network of projects, this post is by Dr. Domenico Lepore, founder of Intelligent Management Inc.Over the last 20 years he has developed and applied the Decalogue Management methodology in a wide range of organizations in … Continue reading

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Fear-free Career Paths in the Project-Based Network Organization

If there is no traditional hierarchy, how can your career progress? Digital cowboys, the new generation of talent described in Pekka Viljakainen’s book ‘No Fear’ ,  reject the form and values of the traditional organization. We continue our series in … Continue reading

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