About this Presentation
UDEs provide the cornerstones for the analysis of a system’s consistent problems preventing the achievement of better performance. UDEs are also the base for developing value offers to the market. Therefore, it is critical that the UDE clouds are properly constructed. Jelena will go through the criteria for qualifying UDEs and through typical mistakes in constructing UDE Clouds.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
Many persistent organizational problems are symptoms of deeper conflicts, and this session shows how the Evaporating Cloud helps make those hidden dilemmas visible and solvable.
You’ll learn how identifying Undesirable Effects (UDEs) reveals the gap between current performance and the level the system should achieve, guiding teams toward the real constraint.
The presentation explores the disciplined structure of a TOC Cloud—linking objectives, needs, and conflicting actions—to expose the assumptions that keep systems locked in ineffective behaviors.
It also highlights common mistakes when building Clouds and how clearer wording and logic checks allow teams to move from confusion to structured insight and breakthrough solutions.
Instructor(s)
Jelena Fedurko-Cohen
Jelena Fedurko-Cohen is one of the world’s leading experts in the TOC Thinking Processes with over 25 years of experience working with companies and individuals all over the world. Her further development of the TOC logical tools and creating the Simplified Thinking Processes, as well as her five major books on TP have provided TOC practitioners and numerous companies in many countries with improved tools for developing and checking solutions. Together with Oded Cohen, she is a Co-founder of the TOC consulting company tocExpert and a Co-founder and Co-president of TOC Practitioners Alliance – TOCPA.