I've just spent the last 60 minutes talking with Eli Goldratt about his fantastic new book, "Isn't it Obvious". Now that I understand what the book was *really* about ... I'm off to read it again.

And part 2! 

Hi everyone, I've just completed a fascinating interview with two of the TOC Worlds most brilliant and innovative thinkers. Bill Dettmer and Eli Schragenheim.

Although the focus of the interview is on their new book "Supply Chain Management at Warp Speed" we also wander off into some other fascinating areas. They've got some great book recommendations between them, for example. Plus they talk about their next publishing efforts. Oh, and Bill mentions the key reason why you'd want to buy the book - it's the first public viewing of the TOC solution to ************** (you'll have to listen to find out). I can't tell you how pleasurable this session was for me - to chat with two of my heroes.

You can order the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Supply-Chain-Management-Warp-Speed/dp/1420073354/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239384783&sr=1-2

I interviewed - the extraordinary - Tony Rizzo last week about his decades work with Critical Chain and project management in product development organisations.  Tony has been around from the early days.  I've learned a lot from him over the years and you will too if you listen to this 45 minute podcast - the first of three. 

Here's the mp3 file:  http://media.libsyn.com/media/clarkeching/rec_tocguy_09_Jul_2008_14_53_29.MP3

Tony's website: http://pdinstitute.com/

[Note: this is not an Agile podcast]
Late last year I recorded a 25 minute interview with Alex Knight about TOC in healthcare. 

Alex knows his stuff having worked very closely with Eli Goldratt over the years.  You can read his one-pager here, you can find his website here.

I saw Alex present a session on TOC in healthcare about a year ago and it was one of the most entertaining and convincing presentations -  on any subject - that I've ever seen.

Here's part 2 of my chat with Eli Schragenheim.

We had a little skype blip at the end of part 1 but we were able to reconnect a few days later.

Here's part 1 of my interview with Eli Schragenheim.  Apologies for the abrupt ending.  See part 2.