Operational Excellence is…
Operational Excellence is a state of readiness that is attained as the efforts throughout the organization reach a state of alignment for achieving its strategies; and where the corporate culture is committed to the continuous and deliberate improvement of company performance AND the circumstances of those who work there – to pursue ‘Operational Excellence by Design‘, and not by coincidence.
Joseph F Paris Jr; Founder
Taking Business Performance to the Next Level
Dear Readers I am deep in the throes of finishing my first book and am working diligently on completing the first draft before I send it to the butcher (ie. Editor). My target date is end-of-December (which is reasonably attainable). As such, I find that I am not really able to parse my attention and energy…
The Outliers Inn; Wicked Problems
Welcome to Episode 10, a special podcast from the Outliers Inn. Topic: Wicked, messy, social, complex, tough human problems. No, it’s not the aftermath of the Outliers Inn summer party – it’s a hostly episode with Joe and Benjamin interviewing each other about the difference between complex and merely complicated organisational and human problems. With no guests…
Sie brauchen was?! Es dauert wie lange?!
“You need what?!” … “It will take how long?!” I have uttered these two questions more than any others during my move to Frankfurt, Germany. It seems that everything has involved a considerable process –a rather slow and convoluted process at that. More often than not, the experience has been frustrating, comical, and largely absurd. …
The Outliers Inn; Six Pack Abs
Welcome to this edition of the Outliers Inn podcast: Episode 33 – Six Pack Abs. Topic: Most companies strive to be high-performing organizations – the equivalent of having “six-pack abs”. But getting fit takes a lot of dedication and hard work – and unfortunately, most companies just have “ab”. In this episode of The Outliers…
Communication: I say Tomato, You say Pomodoro
Communication. We talk about how important it is. How critical it is to have in any endeavor in order to move the ball down the field and, ultimately, for success. Yet in almost every instance where there is failure, we can almost always trace back to one of the root-causes for the failure being a…
Strings of the Universe… How are You Connected?
A few years ago, a good friend of mine loaned me a book entitled “The Elegant Universe,” by Brian Greene. He warned me that there were a lot of physics in it, and that it pertained to the essence of the universe, but that I might be interested in reading it. When I inquired as…