About this Presentation
My Year with Dr. Eli Goldratt' is a book describing Dr. Lisa Anne Ferguson's experiences working with Eli as his apprentice (2007-8). Eliyahu M. Goldratt (1947 – 2011) was an educator, guru to industry, best-selling author and founder of TOC. His goal in life was to teach the world to think. This webinar provides attendees with an opportunity to hear part of the book prior to its release. Time will be devoted to sharing the greatest lessons learned from him and humorous and dramatic stories about their time together.
What Will You Learn
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Dr. Ferguson spent a year working one-on-one with Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt, the founder of TOC, as his apprentice, in order to learn from him how to write and further develop her expertise in TOC.
Dr. Ferguson discusses the importance of understanding the audience when writing and shares insights into Dr. Goldratt's writing process.
Dr. Ferguson shares personal anecdotes and experiences from her time with Dr. Goldratt, providing a unique insight into his personality and approach to work.
Instructor(s)
Dr. Lisa Anne Ferguson
Dr. Lisa Ferguson's goal in life is to illuminate the way to utopia for individuals, organizations, and the rest of society. Our strategies and tactics are based on using the Theory of Constraints (TOC), combined with other best practices to dramatically improve strategic planning and execution, retail, education, healthcare and the health/happiness/success of individuals with a holistic approach. TOC was founded by Dr. Eli Goldratt to achieve his goal in life of teaching the world to think. For a decade, Dr. Ferguson was a full-time professor of operations management before resigning to teach for The Goldratt Group full-time training consultants (both TOC experts and Supply Chain Logistics implementers). Next, Dr. Lisa Ferguson spent a year (2007 – 2008) working as the apprentice to best-selling author and business guru, Eliyahu M. Goldratt as he trained her to become an even more successful writer and speaker, while further developing her TOC expertise. Her service on the TOCICO Board of Directors in an elected, unpaid position is from 2008 – 2011 and 2020 – 2021. Professor Ferguson is the author of the chapter on Strategy and Tactic Trees in The Theory of Constraints Handbook. Dr. Ferguson began teaching online classes for Illuminutopia in 2010. She is a published author (as well as an editor) and consultant with experience guiding Fortune 100 companies down through small businesses.