Alan Barnard

Business adviser, Business mentor, Change Agent, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Inventor, Investor, Life mentor, Philanthropist, Single, Social entrepreneur, Startup, Student, Technologist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Dr Alan Barnard is CEO of Goldratt Research Labs doing research on how to use the latest advancements in decision science, behaviourial economics and advanced technologies to help individuals and organizations make better faster decisions - especially those that can reduce suffering, disharmony and wastage of finite and scarce resources. Alan also serves as a member of the Science & Innovation Advisor Board of BHP and as a board member of a number of Non Profits and received a lifetime achievement award from TOCICO (www.tocico.org) for his contribution to the Theory of Constraints body of knowledge. Alan was awarded his PhD in 2009 with a thesis “ How to identify and unlock inherent potential within organizations and individuals using the Theory of Constraints” Alan serves as a judge for the African Logistics Achiever Awards and Texhnology Top 100 Awards. He is a frequent guest lecturer at Duke and other universities on topics such as Decision making in a complex world and applying Theory of Constraints to solving wicked problems. Alan's Research Labs has a number of joint research and innovation projects with companies like Microsoft, Cargill, BHP, Macmillan Publishing, Novelis and Tata.

Some people are passionate about solving the worlds biggest problems. I’m passionate about developing simple but powerful problem solving and decision support technologies that help people solve their and their communities biggest problems themselves

Bad decisions or choices do not mean bad person. It often simply means a good person with a “bad” assumption. Helping each other find and overcome “bad” (limiting or harmful) assumptions is the key to achieving Harmony in our lives and in the world.

I first attended TED Global 2014 as a Donor. Then attended TED Global 2017. This year attending TEDSummit and facilitating a Discovery Session called "How to make impossible decisions".

Free diving. I can hold my breath for almost 2min free diving