I agree entirely - I use the same references, I just think it's bordering on sacrilege what you did to Mr. Goldratt. He has been writing about flow and translating the Toyota Production System principles and applying physics to business processes way before someone decided to write The Phoenix Project.
I loved the Phoenix Project don't get me wrong, but compared to The Goal it's a like a cheaply produced adaptation of a "real" book so that people in the IT industry don't get scared when they read about production lines and run away saying "but I'm a PrOgrAmmEr, and creATIVE woRK can't be OPtiMizEd like a FactOry".
So The Phoenix Project if anything is the spiritual successor to The Goal, not the other way around.
I loved the Phoenix Project don't get me wrong, but compared to The Goal it's a like a cheaply produced adaptation of a "real" book so that people in the IT industry don't get scared when they read about production lines and run away saying "but I'm a PrOgrAmmEr, and creATIVE woRK can't be OPtiMizEd like a FactOry".
So The Phoenix Project if anything is the spiritual successor to The Goal, not the other way around.