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Reflections from our newest Jonah... by guest blogger, Christoph Steindl, Jonah www.catalysts.cc

Here is my brief feedback about the Jonah3+3™ Course taught by H. William "Bill" Dettmer:

• There is a very big difference between: 1.) what you know after reading Bill's 2 books and Lisa's book 2.) what you know after the course
• It was amazing how much Bill cared. I really enjoyed the two day break, the trips to Cape Flattery, the Miramere Falls, and the ridge
• I'm now confident in applying the thinking process and using the tools
• I'm not afraid to answer questions about TOC
• I received a lot of "behind the scenes" insight about TOC
• I'm very glad to have more than a student's relationship with Bill, I'm actively looking for opportunities to cooperate and do joint work with Goal Systems International
• I received a lot of value from the course, and have since applied the tools to building my own business
• I now have a thorough understanding of the Current Reality of my new business, of the Future Reality, and how to make it happen
• Since the course, I've used the tools with a colleague to outline our joint Future Reality
• We will use our findings to focus our joint efforts to "make money now and more in the future"
• Bill has pointed me to the Crawford Slip Method, which I immediately applied to my way of doing Retrospectives
• Group-brainstorming has become twice as efficient using the Crawford Slip Method
• I received great feedback from one of my clients by using this new tool
• Bill pointed me to Dieter Legat and a couple of books on marketing & sales (one of my weak points due to the CRT analysis)
• I've already used Strategic Navigation's Strategic Intermediate Objectives (SIO) map for making the Goal, the Critical Success Factors and Necessary Conditions clear to 20 participants at a committer meeting of an open source project
• The leaders of the project immediately found the SIO map very useful and will use it to focus their efforts
• In summation, I received a lot of value from the course, especially from Bill as a person and from his willingness to pass on knowledge and assist with my networking efforts
• I am already using several of the techniques for my own private life, for my business activities, and with my clients
• I cannot tell when I break even financially, but I can tell you, that two of my current clients are now very interested in learning more about TOC
• I can now serve them at a level of quality which wouldn't have been possible before the Jonah3+3™ course
• It was well worth the money - REALLY!!!

I know that I've forgotten at least as many things as I've mentioned!

-Christoph

---- Christoph learned about the Jonah3+3™ from buying and reading the PDF of SKI's book, Purple Curve Effect. Our next course offering is May, 2006. It is also important to note that these classes are small sessions, with a lot of "one on one" instruction. The course runs for three days, breaks for two whole days, to allow the student (and the instructor) to decompress, then wraps up with another three day session. Details online.

(c)Copyright 2006, Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey, Jonah All rights reserved.

value menu

Purple Curve Effect -- SKI's Throughput on Command This is a great book for giving one's self a kick in the seat of the pants. But I did not say that, a fellow author and Constraints Management guru did: "Don't make another decision about your business until you read this book.It may just be the kick in the pants you're not getting. Whether you think your glass is half full or empty; you still need a glass and something to put in it. Purple Curve Effect is a remarkable book and I highly recommend it." --Todd Canedy Author & Coach www.adaptivecapacity.com But don't take our word for it, priced kinda like a value menu, we have a great deal: buy the PDF of the book for just $2.00USD. Then, you can decide if it is worth the whole twenty bucks for a paperback copy. Purchase the PDF online, Securely for just $2 We have even had folks buy the PDF, read it, then sign up for our Jonah3+3™ course. Something to consider. But only if you have something that you want to accomplish... -ski

third dimension

Lets talk measurements. Often, metrics seem more like tools designed to say, "drive a car by looking out the rear-view mirror." Fair enough. But in an "analysis and synthesis" thinking exercise, a couple of thoughts took center stage in my brain. Those that have read "Purple Curve Effect" know that I observe a large number of management principals are found in movies. Like "The Wrath of Khan." The second Star Trek movie (1982) where Spock suggests that Khan is using only "two dimensional" strategy in his warfare against James T. Kirk. Which somehow caused me to consider Eli Goldratt's "Dollar Days" metric that tells us (among other things), that measuring vendors in a supply chain has very little to do with the low cost provider, and everything to do with due date performance. Missing a $2.00 part for two weeks on a $29,000 motorcycle is profound, especially when one learns that the next highest bidder of that same part, could have delivered an equivolent item for $2.27 on time! Simply specifying a part's physical attributes and a price point are not sufficient. So, is there a third dimension missing in the metrics used to measure progress towards our system goal? -ski