Book review: ‘The Choice’ by Eli Goldratt
A new book from the writer of ‘The Goal’. In this book ‘The Choice’, Goldratt presents again his thought-provoking approach. This time through several conversations between Eli Goldratt and his daughter Efrat and in between reports from Eli Goldratt to the Goldratt Group. He uses these reports, Lessons reports in PRINCE2 terms, to foster their culture of critically evaluating how to do better. Goldratt exhorts his readers to examine and reassess their lives and business practices by cultivating a different perspective and a clear new vision. Do you think every conflict can be removed? Is every situation, no matter how complex it initially looks, exceedingly simply? Can every situation be substantially be improved? Is there always a win-win solution. These and many more questions will be explained. This book will help you to understand his approach in finding breakthrough ideas and to take full responsibility for your life.
Henny Portman
At this moment I am PMO Head for ING Insurance and ING Investment Management . In this role I support and facilitate, amongst other responsibilities like management of a pool of PM(O) staff, the process authority for Benelux, Central and the Rest of Europe and Asia, the knowledge sharing, training classes for project managers and Project boards and a PM(O) network of PMO’s in Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Malysia, Korea and Taiwan. I was Regional PMO Head for ING Insurance Central Europe. In that position I was responsible for the portfolio and for the set up/streamline and management of the PMO’s in Poland, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece and Turkey.
I am member of the Dutch IPMA-NL working group Project Manager Competencies.
I am co-owner of www.serendipi-tijd.nl and originator of the PM Education Pointer (PM Opleidingswijzer) for all project management related education (scoring model and reviews, compare e.g. hotel reviews).
I wrote several articles, reviewed several books (Projectmanagement op basis van PRINCE2, Editie 2009, PRINCE2 voor opdrachtgevers, Kennismanagement in projecten) and I am the author of the books De praktische Prince2, Prince2 in Practice (also as E-book available), Prince2 2009 Edition Quick Reference Card, PRINCE2 2009 Edition Auf einen Blick, PRINCE2 manual suporting tabs, MSP manual suporting tabs, Een praktisch PMO, de route naar succesvol projectmanagement, MSP Quick Reference Card, and I am the co-author of the books Competence profiles, Certification levels and Functions in the project management field (English, Dutch, E-book) and Competence profiles, Certification levels and Functions in the Project management and Project support field (English, Dutch, E-book).
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