Weekend Edition

I've got four recommendations this week.

ONE - My appearance on the Focused Podcast, seems to have gone down well.

TWO - My webinar on ToC Timer Teams is coming later this week.

THREE - My friend "Jurassic Mark" sent an urgent message on Friday night, saying that the Aurora was showing off and that I should go point my phone towards the south, and take a picture. He uses this iPhone app to alert him. It works in both hemispheres. This is the first photo I took (from outside my kitchen window):

Isnt it amazing what you can achieve with a good phone, a good friend, and no talent...

FOUR - Here's an article that covers some of the science behind the book Hyper-Efficient, that I gushed about a couple of weeks ago. Just in cases you don't subscribe to the new scientist, you can read it by following the 2nd link in the authors tweet. 'Tis worth a few minutes of your time

Here’s everything from last week in one place.

Why I Write About More Than Bottlenecks

A reader (Hello Jack!) recently asked: “Why do you keep writing about books, writing, and ChatGPT, when I thought you’d focus more on bottlenecks?” It made me think. After all, I do call myself “the bottleneck guy.” Then I realized: all those topics are bottleneck solutions. Let me capitalize that:

Clarke Ching - The Bottleneck Guyclarke ching

Hang on … What If You’re Not the Bottleneck?

After sending out yesterday’s email about Bottleneck Solutions, a question popped into my head: What if you already have enough time to think? You’re already productive, and you’re not the bottleneck. If you’re not the bottleneck, then your job changes. You’re no longer focused on freeing up your time, so

Clarke Ching - The Bottleneck Guyclarke ching

Relocate your “Thinking Castle”

Picture this: A kid’s sandcastle on the beach. Kid goes home. Tide rolls in. Sandcastle? Gone. Your precious thinking/leading time? That’s your “Thinking Castle”. There are many ways to protect a thinking castle. The hard way * Build a concrete castle. * Add deep foundations. * Construct huge walls around it. * Hire

Clarke Ching - The Bottleneck Guyclarke ching

Focused Podcast

I’ve just guested on the Focused Podcast, with David Sparks and Mike Schmitz: Focused #214: Solving Gnarly Problems, with Clarke Ching - Relay FMClarke Ching (“The Bottleneck Guy”) joins us to talk about finding solutions and fixing systems, both personally and professionally.Relay FMRelay FM It’s 1 hour and 20

Clarke Ching - The Bottleneck Guyclarke ching

Webinar - ToC Timer Teams 🕵️⏳⚡︎

Next week, I’m running my first webinar on my favorite topic ever: → ToC Timer Teams The short version: * If your Agile teams are crazy busy, but your leaders grumble that they’re too slow, * you need to convert them to TocTimerTeams (using a problem-solving process called corseting), and, * they’ll speed up,

Clarke Ching - The Bottleneck Guyclarke ching