Goldratt applied to AI adoption
AI driven modernization in large enterprises typically starts with an urgent focus on AI tech stack and hiring the best AI talent. Ironically these transformation initiatives can only go at the speed the slowest link in the chain permits. This link is typically systems that GenAI bots and AI agents depend on - systems that were built for humans - not AI agents.
Goldratt's Theory of Constraints focuses on exploiting the weakest link first. Focusing on constraints rather than strengths will usually seem counterintuitive as it does to the protagonist of the book. Yet, it makes sense once you take in the whole picture rather than just the 'AI development and deployment' components in the transformation journey.