“As long as you think of yourself as a victim, you will become the next victimizer” - warning to Nelson Mandela by his mentor Chief Albert Luthuli. In 1995 I was very honored to meet President Nelson Mandela. I asked him what words of wisdom from a mentor really changed his

Dr Eli Goldratt asked: why is the adoption of brilliant, evidence-backed breakthroughs often low and slow. He found 4 reasons: 1.Counter-intuitive 2.Conflicts with metrics 3.Strips away our VUCA excuse 4.Fear of blame since most changes fail Simulation can solve all 4.

What is the ONE thing that can help you recover from rock bottom? Gratitude is EASY when you are at the TOP. It is HARDEST at rock BOTTOM. Its also where it has the most VALUE. Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. Its true at the TOP and BOTTOM.

Where should you focus — your Strongest link or your Weakest link? Theory of Constraints tell us to focus on the weakest link. We should start with asking what is our strongest link that we can leverage as a competitive edge. Then only identify and strengthen our weakest link.

My recent interview with Matt Ebert on PodCrash seems to be resonating with business owners — the episode already has 90K+ views. Our discussion included why you should: • Simplify before you optimize • Treat decisions as experiments • Build an anti-fragile businesses

Your bottleneck to a better life isn't lack of information or motivation. It's lack of trust in what you already know — and in your self-discipline to act on it. One tiny experiment changes everything. This view is shared by BJ Fogg and Bryan Johnson Do you agree?

"Do not dare stand in my shadow. Stand on my shoulders." - Dr. Eli Goldratt Honoring that charge: my new podcast "Deep Dive into Theory of Constraints" with Google NotebookLM. Ep 1: Five innovations to TOC I developed standing on Dr. Goldratt's shoulders. Go check it out…

AI is replacing software engineers so why are they being offered $570K? Because AI removes capacity constraints… but exposes capability constraints. When you can build anything fast, the bottleneck becomes knowing WHAT & WHY. Coders build faster. Solvers build the right thing

Why you should NOT make the MISTAKE to turn Targets into commitments by... youtu.be/quMJaNkE2ek?si… via YouTube

A bipartisan group led by Bernie Sanders is suggestion solution to AI risk of displacing 30-50% of jobs. A moratorium on data centers But both sides are blind to the other's concerns — and that's why the debate is stuck What if there's a win:win? I found one. See below Comments?

How to solve a demand constraint without better marketing or advertising. Most systems have internal constraints blocking them from doing more, faster, better, cheaper or simpler. Solving any one of these can solve a demand constraint. Its called Jevons Paradox. Try it!

Today is Dr. Goldratt's birthday. He gave us 2 insights from the hard sciences that most leaders still do not use and show how it can solve the health care crisis: 1. Every complex system has ONE real constraint. Find it. Fix it. The whole system improves. 2. Conflicts are not

Brian Tracy — 80 books, 1,000+ companies, 80 countries — calls the Theory of Constraints "one of the most important concepts in modern management." When I met him, I shared that 80/20 is fractal: ONE Goal→ONE Constraint→ONE Problem 80/20→64/4→51/1 1 → 51% of the outcome !

At 16, building my first neural network, I felt mixed emotions. Excitement: AI will help everyone make better faster decisions. Dread: Once good enough to trust, we can never compete. Why? AI has no emotions. And emotions cause most of our worst decisions. So why did evolution

For a kid from a small farm in South Africa — this is so humbling. Thank you for your support. To go deeper, I've organised my YouTube channel into 3 levels: 🆓 Free — case studies, insights & podcast interviews ⭐ $4.99/month — exclusive masterclasses & deep dives 🏆

For those who need to laugh out loud . I am all about helping make the impossible, possible and always asking "It's impossible, unless ...?". But this made me lol ... and sometimes we need that 😊 youtube.com/shorts/KhshkgJ… via YouTube

The rule that made you successful YESTERDAY is often the rule killing you TODAY. Dr. Goldratt asked ITT's execs which rules they changed to adopt TOC and which one was the hardest to sustain Cost Accounting Rule to Protecting margins. What sacred rule is quietly blocking YOUR