In Crisis? Break the Rules! (Dr. Alan Barnard, CEO of Goldratt Research Labs) - 19 min

Discover why Dr. Alan Barnard (CEO of GRL) avoids management by objectives, how he saved Microsoft half a billion dollars, and what his leadership constraint was (19 minute episode). CEO BLINDSPOTS® PODCAST GUEST: Dr. Alan Barnard, CEO of GRL (Goldratt Research Labs). Dr. Alan Barnard is one of the world’s leading Decision Scientists and Theory of Constraints experts. He is CEO of Goldratt Research Labs and works with Fortune 500 companies, the UN, government agencies, and NGOs. At Microsoft, Alan’s ground-breaking system redesigned the company’s supply chain and saved Microsoft a quarter of a billion dollars, and increased sales by hundreds of millions of dollars within the same financial year.  Microsoft’s CTO Robert Meshew described the result as “nothing short of remarkable.” Over the last 20 years, Alan and his research lab developed a new method for making better, faster decisions and field-tested it with individuals and organizations around the globe. The five-step system known as the “ProConCloud method” capitalizes on the latest insights from Dr. Barnard’s research on why good people make and often repeat bad decisions and the disruptive questions that can help some discover and overcome the limiting beliefs behind their bad decisions. Dr. Alan Barnard is the Chief Architect of the range of award winning HARMONY Decision Support Apps, all designed to help managers and individuals make better, faster decisions and learn faster from their past decision mistakes, both in their organizations and within their own life. For more information and to test drive the award winning Harmony decision-making app, visit https://harmonyapps.com/  To ask questions about this episode (or one of the 175+ other CEO Blindspots® Podcast episodes), send an email to [email protected] CEO Blindspots® Podcast Host: Birgit Kamps. Birgit was speaking five languages by the age of 10, and lived in five countries with her Dutch parents prior to becoming an American citizen. Birgit’s professional experience includes starting and selling an “Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Company” and a “Best Company to Work for in Texas”, and serving as a Board Member with various companies. In addition, Birgit is the President of Hire Universe LLC, and the host of the CEO Blindspots® Podcast which was recognized by Spotify for having the “biggest listener growth” in the USA by 733%;https://www.ceoblindspots.com/