His life is spent jumping from crisis to crisis at work, and it’s only when his plant is threatened with closure and his wife leaves him that he is forced to address his working patterns. When we meet Rogo, his marriage is breaking down and he never sees his children. It would be easy to dismiss the side narrative about Rogo’s family as being “narrative fluff”, but I don’t think we should.
#The goal goldratt how to#
Typically in a theory-based business book, you’re given tactics and approaches but left to figure out how to actually apply them day to day and there can consequently be many gaps and questions. Aside from making it very readable, this style contextualises the business theory into a real world scenario, and brings to life the daily frustrations, thoughts and feelings of the workers. One of the standout features of the book is that it’s written in the style of a thriller novel (complete with typical narrative tropes of conflict and resolution – the protagonist is fighting to fix his family life as well as his business!). I wanted to pass on this awesome recommendation and share some thoughts about why I loved this book so much and what it can teach you if you invest the time to read it. The subject of today’s book is “The Goal” by Dr Eliyahu Goldratt, which was recommended to me by an old colleague (thanks Michael – it was really great!).