TOC Thinking Process Boot Camp

Part-Time Certificate Program | 5 Weeks Duration | Virtual Live Webinars | Limited Seats

Have you ever faced a chronic problem that refused to go away, despite your best efforts and intentions? A pinching pain that irritated you for months or even years?

Faced with such a situation, we tend to ignore the problem, lower our expectations, attempt to please everyone, avoid taking ownership, blame others, and alternate between contradictory courses of action.

By not understanding the root cause of our dilemma, we try to address each symptom individually. In fact, many of our current problems are nothing more than side effects of past “solutions!” Our own pattern of thinking prevents us from achieving success!

Who Should Attend?

This five-week live online workshop is for anyone who wants to learn to use the TOC Thinking Processes tools to solve a significant problems and dilemmas in their personal or professional life.

Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt has developed a practical, step-by-step process to understand problems at their deepest level. By critically examining the underlying assumptions, we learn to discover breakthrough solutions for ourselves and others.

Program Outline

Week 1) The Art of Problem Solving

Tool Overview
Necessity & Danger of Assumptions

 Week 2) What to Change?

Articulating pain through the Un-Desirable-Effect (UDE)
Is your UDE really worth solving?
Constructing the “evaporating cloud” diagram to capture the conflict

Week 3) What to Change To?

Surfacing hidden assumptions
Generating injections (possible solutions)
Evaporating the cloud / eliminating the conflict
Special cases: Interpersonal Conflicts, Lieutenant Clouds
Overcoming harmful side effects using the Negative Branch Reservation (NBR)

Week 4) How to Cause the Change?

Change Matrix Analysis
Leveraging the 6 Layers of Resistance (to Create Buy-in)
Overcoming Implementation Obstacles (IO Mapping)
Execution Planning

Week 5) Putting it All Together

Generic cloud examples
Top 10 most common generic injections
Doubt clearing session
A final challenge

Our Approach

We carry on Dr. Goldratt’s life purpose “to teach the world to think" by:

Asking focused questions and nurturing purposeful inquiry
Identifying and eliminating harmful assumptions
Inspiring decisive action that improves overall performance SIGNIFICANTLY

Methodology

Each weekly lesson follows a common pattern: background & concept overview, direct application (one personal issue and one work problem), submit your work, receive expert feedback, refine/reflect/integrate, go one level deeper, then repeat.

Personal Feedback & Mentoring

All participants receive personal feedback and mentoring from a TOC expert to assist in mastering the Thinking Processes techniques in solving their own practical problems.

Workload

This course requires a significant commitment in terms of time and energy. Plan to spend 2 hours each Saturday attending live sessions and another 4-6 hours per week completing detailed project work.

Think of this as a guided workout for your mind!

Price

$800 per participant
Group discounts are available for multiple participants from the same organization

Certificate

Those who complete every exercise (including revision based on the feedback given) will receive a printable Certificate of Completion for the course.

Admissions Process

We follow a rolling admission process and applications are closed once 15 participants enroll for the upcoming cohort. So, we encourage you to apply early and secure your seat.