Eliyahu Goldratt

I a recent congress I participated I heard about the Theory of Constraints; developed by Mr.Eliyahu Goldratt. Well, it is a theory from 80's but has very interesting principles:

• The more complex a system is to describe, the simpler it is to manage. This one reminds me of the fact how we sometimes get so much in detail, mix up everything and don't see how simple and obvious the truth is.
• There are No Conflicts in Nature. When I heard this, I just started to laugh thinking about departments in our huge company which fight themselves everyday to reach their own targets :))
• Even when people do things that seem stupid they have a reason for that behavior.

What hit me in the theory is that it focuses on avoiding the constraint. For example, if you want to have bette standards, you should focus on how to make more money; rather than saving more!