Before discussing State of Readiness, a few general questions. First, who has had the greatest influence on your personal growth? How so? There are countless people who made an indelible and positive impact on my personal growth. I was fortunate to have had many superb teachers in grade-school and my experience in the Boy Scouts of America also significantly formed…
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What is Operational Excellence – and why should you care? Joseph Paris explains: Operational Excellence is a state of readiness attained as the efforts throughout the enterprise reach a state of alignment for pursuing its strategies; where the corporate culture is committed to the continuous and deliberate improvement of company performance AND the circumstances of…
DetailsIssue: 2018-11 November 2018 Message from the Founder “People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” – Anton Chekhov You go to work and it’s dark. You come home from work and it’s still dark. And it’s cold. It’s tough to be happy under such circumstances. Add to…
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Welcome to Episode 34 of The Outliers Inn – Andy Dobson. Topic: In this episode, your hosts, AntlerBoy an JP, start by lamenting the software industry and their almost arrogant – sometimes not almost arrogant – disregard for the customer and the user experience. Not that software companies will ever change, but rather a resignation that…
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The date is September 15, 2008. The crisis in subprime mortgages had been going on for a little over a year. It was triggered in the last half of 2006 when house prices began to fall as the housing bubble in the United States burst. This caused those who had taken NINJA (No Income, No Job, or Assets) loans to buy…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsIssue: 2018-11 October 2018 Message from the Founder “For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come!” -William Shakespeare It is that time of year. The trees have lost their leaves in a blaze of glory; going from green to barren and brown in a matter of days. For the next couple…
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