TOCICO

As in the physical sciences, it’s a fundamental TOC assumption that there is an inherent simplicity in every complex system. Dr. Goldratt said that our ability to reliably predict the system outcome with the minimum level of inputs is a measure of the complexity of a system. With a better understanding of a system’s fundamental elements and their inter-connectedness, we can achieve a greater reduction of the degrees of freedom of that system. By reducing the degrees of freedom, we increase our ability to leverage the system. In other words, when we uncover a more fundamental structure of a system and tie the system entities together better, we simplify it and this allows us to exploit and even elevate it. An indication that our TOC toolset is still too complex is exemplified when I recall Dr. Goldratt saying that it seemed to be out of sheer genius or luck that we gain the insight necessary to break clouds. He wished to build a systematic method of breaking clouds. With this presentation I will take a step in uncovering the fundamental elements, and dimensions of rational systems along with the core integration of all TOC applications in general. However I will primarily focus on a few core Thinking Process applications, with a central emphasis on the evaporating cloud.