What limits us from success...and how to overcome it.

Last week, I spent a day with Lewis Trigger organised by the Institute of Management Consultants here in Perth on the theory of Constraints (TOC).

Trigger is a global expert on Constraint Innovation having dedicated the last few decades to it, studying first under Eliyahu M. Goldratt who originated the theory of constraints (TOC) and more recently teaching it at university after practicing it in the airforce as well as various industries across the world.

Here's what I learned...

Put simply, the theory proposes that any system's performance is limited by one or more constraints. In other words you're only as good as your weakest link.

Whilst TOC is typically used in operations and systems whether they be factories, mine sites or even the armed forces, it is just as applicable to service industries, knowledge workers and even in our personal lives.

Not withstanding the benefits of management's focus on maximising strengths and minimising weakness when it comes to people (something I am quit…