Clarke Ching has been studying bottlenecks and constraints for thirty years, and has lots of stories and insights for us. He explains why bottlenecks are important, why your developers should always be your bottleneck, and how to explain the theory of constraints using a herd of buffalo.

SHOW LINKS:

Our Sloan Management Review article: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/solving-the-problem-of-siloed-it-in-organizations/

Clarke online: https://www.clarkeching.com/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarkeching/

Free book from Clarke: https://share.toc.guide

Theory of Constraints: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_constraints

Sixth Sense movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixth_Sense

Cheers TV show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers

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