Dr. Alan Barnard on Finding Your AI Bottleneck
Dr. Alan Barnard on Finding Your AI Bottleneck  
Podcast: KPI Fireside: A Continuous Improvement Podcast
Published On: Mon Aug 24 2026
Description: If AI is so powerful, why are most companies not getting results from it? The answer has everything to do with whether you are solving the right problem.In this episode of KPI Fireside, host Keith Norris sits down with Dr. Alan Barnard, CEO of Goldratt Research Labs, decision scientist, and one of the world's leading experts in theory of constraints. Alan co-founded Goldratt Research Labs with Dr. Eli Goldratt, the creator of theory of constraints, and has spent decades helping organizations apply systems thinking to everything from supply chains to healthcare to AI adoption.🔻 Why AI applied to the wrong bottleneck produces zero improvement no matter how powerful it is 🔻 How to tell in one question whether you have a doing bottleneck or a waiting bottleneck 🔻 Why intentionally creating a bottleneck can actually increase the overall output of your system 🔻 How to go from assembler to architect in the way you use AI so you stop being the constraint 🔻 Why outcome prompting beats method prompting and what context and constraints you have to give AI to get useful answers 🔻 How our emotions evolved as a decision making hack and why AI may need to develop something similar 🔻 How theory of constraints applies to your own health, energy, and the way your mitochondria functions🔗 Connect with Dr. Alan Barnard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralanbarnard/🌐 Books, white papers, and resources: https://www.standontheirshoulders.com/ 🌐 Eternity Health: https://www.eternityhealth.ai/ 🌐 Goldratt Research Labs: https://www.goldrattresearchlabs.com/ 🌐 Harmony Apps: https://www.harmonyapps.com/ 🌐 Dr. Alan Barnard: https://www.dralanbarnard.com/ 🌐 Coaching with Dr. Alan: https://coaching.dralanbarnard.com/ 🔗 Learn more about KPI Fire: https://www.kpifire.com/ 🎙 Hosted by Keith Norris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithnorris/