The Odyssey Program was originally created by Dr. Eli Goldratt, founder of the Theory of Constraints (TOC), over 15 years ago. His vision was to teach young adults critical thinking skills at a pivotal moment in life — when deciding “what to do with the rest of my life.”

While it began as a program for children and spouses of TOC practitioners, the Odyssey Program was revived and transformed in 2005 under the leadership of Dr. Alan Barnard. It was opened to all individuals seeking to apply the power of TOC to achieve ambitious life goals, resolve personal expectation gaps, and unlock ongoing improvement in any area of their lives.

The Odyssey Program is for everyone.

From high school graduates to senior executives, and across all continents, backgrounds, and beliefs — participants consistently find common ground and shared struggles. Whether you’re 18 or 65, from India or Germany, you’ll find yourself learning, connecting, and growing through the universal framework of Theory of Constraints.

If you’re facing important life decisions or struggling with unmet expectations in areas like health, wealth, relationships, or happiness, this program will guide you through a structured process to find clarity, direction, and breakthroughs.

You’ll learn how to apply TOC’s latest Thinking Process tools to your own life. This step-by-step journey will empower you to:

Best of all, these logical, science-based tools become part of your permanent “life toolbox” — ready to help you make confident decisions and navigate complexity for years to come.

Yes — and in fact, it’s encouraged.

Past participants from the same company, or partners in a relationship, have reported significant benefits when attending the Odyssey Program together. For example, one organization sent 35 senior and middle managers. The outcomes were so profound, they requested an in-house version for other teams.

Attending together gives people a shared language, a common method for resolving conflicts, and a powerful way to handle expectation gaps in work and life. Relationships improve. Team harmony increases. And decisions get made with far greater alignment and trust.

The Odyssey Freshman Program is a 5-day immersive journey designed to help you answer 5 life-changing questions that tackle the root causes of stress and expectation gaps in your life.

These gaps — in health, wealth, happiness, or relationships — are often the biggest sources of inner conflict. Most people respond by:

But there’s a fourth way — and that’s what the Odyssey teaches: using TOC-based thinking tools to analyze and resolve these gaps by confronting limiting beliefs, uncovering core conflicts, and finding breakthrough win-win solutions.

Each day, you’ll be guided through one of the Five Questions of Change:​

Day-by-Day Outline:

The Odyssey is not based on opinion, motivation, or inspiration alone — it’s based on the scientific method of enquiry, adapted to the soft sciences of human behavior, relationships, and decision-making.

It gives you a structured, repeatable, and logic-based process to solve what often feels unsolvable.

​This is more than just self-help. It’s self-transformation through systems thinking — a method trusted by organizations worldwide and now adapted for life’s biggest personal and professional challenges.