# Stand on Their Shoulders

> On-demand decision support from Dr. Alan Barnard (Goldratt Research Labs) — searchable access to 500+ LinkedIn posts, 1,200+ Q&A entries, five books, eight white papers, and an AI assistant trained on the world's best thinkers in Theory of Constraints and Decision Science. So you never have to think alone.

## Public pages

- [Home](https://standontheirshoulders.com/): Landing page with site overview, features, and subscription tiers.
- [Pricing](https://standontheirshoulders.com/pricing): Subscription tiers — Free (sign-up only), Decision Maker ($10/mo), Decision Coach ($20/mo), All Access ($50/mo, limited to 100 members).
- [Posts](https://standontheirshoulders.com/posts): Browse and search 500+ LinkedIn posts by Dr. Alan Barnard on Theory of Constraints, decision science, Throughput Accounting, and constraint management.
- [Q&A](https://standontheirshoulders.com/faqs): Browse 1,200+ Q&A entries drawn from Dr. Alan's LinkedIn comments and teaching answers, covering TOC applications across industries.
- [The Giants](https://standontheirshoulders.com/giants): 31 thinkers, operators, and leaders whose work Dr. Alan cites and extends — each with a reference count showing how often they appear across 500+ posts.
- [Library](https://standontheirshoulders.com/library): Books, white papers, and playbooks. Public metadata is browseable; full text is gated to paid subscribers (Decision Coach for white papers and playbooks, All Access for books and Eli Goldratt's papers).
- [Podcasts](https://standontheirshoulders.com/podcasts): Dr. Alan's two podcast series (Impossible Unless and Deep Dives into TOC) plus guest appearances on other shows.
- [Sign up](https://standontheirshoulders.com/sign-up): Create a free account to access the LinkedIn post archive and start exploring.
- [Sign in](https://standontheirshoulders.com/sign-in): Log in to an existing subscriber account.

## Member-only sections (not intended for citation or public indexing)

The following routes require authentication and/or a paid subscription and are not public-facing content:

- /dashboard — subscriber home screen with quick links and account management
- /ask — AI assistant chat powered by a RAG system over the full corpus, responding in Dr. Alan's voice
- /newsletter — on-demand newsletter generator (Decision Maker tier and above)
- /library/asset/:id — individual book and whitepaper viewer (tier-gated per asset)
- /ask-question — submit a question directly to Dr. Alan (paid subscribers)
- /poogi — POOGI Forum; community improvement submissions and member articles (All Access for articles)
- /bookmarks — saved items across posts, Q&As, and library content
- /admin — admin dashboard (restricted to site administrators)

## About

Dr. Alan Barnard is CEO of Goldratt Research Labs and one of the world's leading practitioners of Eliyahu Goldratt's Theory of Constraints (TOC). This site makes 20+ years of his teaching, writing, Q&A, and decision-support frameworks publicly discoverable and AI-accessible. Core topics include: identifying and exploiting constraints, Throughput Accounting (T/I/OE), the Five Focusing Steps, decision science, and TOC applications across manufacturing, services, healthcare, and education.