About this Presentation
This presentation is about strategy and tactics (S&T) trees: putting companies on the process of ongoing improvement, the red curve. The discussion is about the Viable Vision (VV) solution (templates given 2005 in Barcelona) as the overall guiding direction for the company. The VV is not a linear sequence of functional implementations. Our first approach was to look at individual prerequisite trees and compare them to integrate them into a comprehensive document. Injections are missing, choopchik injections, etc. The solution is the S&T tree. Building the S&T tree took six weeks. Zycon (RRR= reliability, rapid response) was the first template. This day is devoted to presenting the first S&T tree in great detail. History: The S&T was constructed in December 1985 before the thinking processes. Motivation was that Creative Output, the agent of change became hard to move. The Race was the presentation of the competitive edge that Goldratt gave to Creative Output. A person will judge what he sees according to his frame (his logic that he used before). If you are giving a different frame you have to give the logic of what and why your frame is right. The framework was constructed then put on the shelf. One problem that the thinking processes cannot solve: how to measure the individual’s contribution in an organization. If we will connect the top of the organization to the individual contribution by perfect logic then we can measure an individual’s contribution. Eli Abramo and Rami Goldratt worked for a year with Eli’s guidance to develop the rules for the S&T tree. Traditionally strategy (the what for?) is thought to be at the top and tactic (the how?) is thought to be at the bottom. The S&T redefines the strategy and tactic and each element of the S&T is defined, discussed and examples given from the RRR S&T tree.
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Instructor(s)
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Ms Alka Wadhwa
Alka Wadhwa is an experienced consultant and process improvement expert with over 24 years of expertise in the Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Six Sigma, and organizational performance optimization. She has successfully led projects in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing, driving significant improvements such as a 67% boost in hospital operations and a 140% increase in outpatient visits.
Previously, Alka Wadhwa spent 17+ years at GE Global Research Center, where she led initiatives to enhance various GE businesses through advanced technologies, process redesign, and system optimization. Founder of Better Solutions Consulting, LLC, she specializes in using TOC, Six Sigma, and data analytics to streamline operations and build high-performance teams.
Her work has earned her multiple accolades, including the Empire State Award of Excellence in healthcare.
Dr Gary Wadhwa
Dr. Gary Wadhwa is a Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience in the field. He completed his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, and has served as an Attending at prestigious institutions like St. Peters Hospitals, Ellis Hospital, and Beth Israel Hospital in NY. With a career spanning over two decades, he was the former CEO and President of a group specialty practice in NY from 1994 to 2015. Dr. Wadhwa holds an MBA from UT at Knoxville, TN, and has undergone additional training in System Dynamics at MIT, Health System Management at Harvard Business School, and Entrepreneurship and healthcare innovations at Columbia Business School. Committed to expanding access to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery care, he is currently engaged in a meaningful project to provide healthcare services to underserved populations in inner city and rural areas through non-profit Community Health Centers.