http://blog.jackvinson.com/ This blog is about knowledge management, personal effectiveness, theory of constraints and other topics. Opinions expressed here are strictly those of the owner, Jack Vinson, and those of the commenters. Copyright 2013 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:43 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.35-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/21/good_old_alex_rogo.html#comments I re-read Eli Goldratt's The Goal. I enjoyed reading it again for the nuggets embedded throughout and the reminder that this is a solid way to help people and organizations think differently about their situation. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/21/good_old_alex_rogo.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/21/good_old_alex_rogo.html book+review continuous+improvement theory+of+constraints eligoldratt Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:43 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/03/can_you_be_gruff_and_still_show_respect.html#comments Believing in the inherent value and quality of people comes out in how you challenge them and what you expect of them. It has much less to do with your direct personal style. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/03/can_you_be_gruff_and_still_show_respect.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/03/can_you_be_gruff_and_still_show_respect.html community continuous+improvement theory+of+constraints eligoldratt lean stevejobs style taiichiohno Fri, 03 May 2013 15:51:42 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/01/what_does_collaboration_look_like.html#comments "We've just killed the buzzword of collaboration" is how Manager Tools close their recent podcast on the topic. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/01/what_does_collaboration_look_like.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/05/01/what_does_collaboration_look_like.html culture knowledge+management collaboration definitions managertools participation Wed, 01 May 2013 21:48:54 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/04/14/nice_summary_of_ccpm.html#comments Ihab Sarieddine has a nice overview of CCPM in his blog on project management, "Improving Scheduling Using Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)." http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/04/14/nice_summary_of_ccpm.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/04/14/nice_summary_of_ccpm.html project+management theory+of+constraints ccpm goldratt ihabsarieddine Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:58:04 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/04/09/stop_starting_start_finishing.html#comments I've had the Stop Starting, Start Finishing brochure / comic from Arne Rock and his team sitting in my briefcase ever since the Lean Kanban conference last spring. It's a fun read about how Justin (Time) does a Kanban implementation. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/04/09/stop_starting_start_finishing.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/04/09/stop_starting_start_finishing.html book+review personal+effectiveness project+management arnerock itagile kanban Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:37:36 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/30/personal_productivity_-_focus_and_attention.html#comments The Boston Globe, David Allen and Farhad Manjoo all have me thinking about personal productivity, and how to go about creating the necessary focus. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/30/personal_productivity_-_focus_and_attention.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/30/personal_productivity_-_focus_and_attention.html knowledge+management personal+effectiveness technology bostonglobe davidallen email facebook farhadmanjoo linkedin luissuarez slate socialbusiness socialmedia twitter Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:41:59 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/28/epiphanized.html#comments I read Bob Sproull's _Epiphanized_ in just a few days and found it told a gripping story of TOC transformation, even if the writing style was sometimes off-putting. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/28/epiphanized.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/28/epiphanized.html book+review theory+of+constraints bobsproull brucenelson businessnovel changemanagement lean sixsigma Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:49:22 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/01/its_all_in_the_pause.html#comments Working with clients on project management, as I do, I see a familiar theme come up over and over again. People have a difficult time separating the creation of an idea from starting to work on that idea. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/01/its_all_in_the_pause.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/03/01/its_all_in_the_pause.html project+management theory+of+constraints execution fullkit pipelining planning Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:38:08 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/02/17/expert_to_novice_and_back_again.html#comments "Problem Solving Knowledge Transfer: An Expert's Perspective" by DeAnna Myers is a Capstone research report from Northwestern's Master in Learning and Organizational Change (where I was on faculty for a few years). http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/02/17/expert_to_novice_and_back_again.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/02/17/expert_to_novice_and_back_again.html cloc knowledge+management experts knowledgesharing knowledgetransfer mentoring msloc northwestern Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:40:01 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/02/14/prisoners_dilemma_games.html#comments I've been taking Howard Rheingold's course Toward a Literacy of Cooperation, and this past week's readings and conversation were on the topic of social dilemmas, best described by The Prisoners' Dilemma and similar multi-party games. We had an exercise to try some online versions of the game and reflect on our experience. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/02/14/prisoners_dilemma_games.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/02/14/prisoners_dilemma_games.html culture self gametheory games howardrheingold prisonersdilemma socialdilemmas Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:06:36 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/31/constraints_help_creativity_and_productivity.html#comments Creativity and productivity are both enhanced by acknowledging and working with full understanding of the operating constraints. An HBR article from Matthew E May reminds me of the idea once again, "How Intelligent Constraints Drive Creativity." http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/31/constraints_help_creativity_and_productivity.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/31/constraints_help_creativity_and_productivity.html continuous+improvement theory+of+constraints constraints constraintsmanagement creativity matthewemay Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:08:23 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/30/a_there_superlative_practices.html#comments PEX Network has some useful thoughts on best practices and benchmarking. Best practices are only indicators of what you really want - results. Don't confuse the two. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/30/a_there_superlative_practices.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/30/a_there_superlative_practices.html continuous+improvement knowledge+management benchmarking bestpractice chrisgardner pexnetwork Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:31:00 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/24/improving_your_project_management_-_groups_and_individuals.html#comments Project management and knowledge management are about getting things done. I attended and spoke at the Center for Business Information (CBI) 6th Annual Forum on Knowledge Management this week in Philadelphia. Rather than talk about knowledge management directly, I opted to speak about managing projects - whether they are KM or other types. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/24/improving_your_project_management_-_groups_and_individuals.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/24/improving_your_project_management_-_groups_and_individuals.html event+report knowledge+management personal+effectiveness project+management theory+of+constraints cbi ccpm gettingthingsdone gtd kanban Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:37:18 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/24/information_wastes.html#comments Thanks to Mark Graban's recent Leanblog podcast with Steve Bell, I found a long list of "information wastes" that serve as an appendix to Bell and Orzen's _Lean IT: Enabling and Sustaining Your Lean Transformation_ (2010). http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/24/information_wastes.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/24/information_wastes.html continuous+improvement theory+of+constraints informationoverload lean markgraban stevebell waste Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:15:12 -0500 jackvinson@jackvinson.com http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/22/throughput_accounting_where_is_it_today.html#comments Thomas Corbett's _Throughput Accounting_ is a quick read and very familiar for someone who has been in the Theory of Constraints world. I wonder if anyone comes to TOC via this route, rather than through The Goal and some of the other business novels. http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/22/throughput_accounting_where_is_it_today.html http://blog.jackvinson.com/archives/2013/01/22/throughput_accounting_where_is_it_today.html book+review continuous+improvement theory+of+constraints accounting costaccounting systemsthinking thomascorbett throughput throughputaccounting Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:08:35 -0500