As I am apt to, from time to time, I recently attended a conference on Operational Excellence and Change Management. There were two issues related to one another that came-up time and again from the “Change-Agents” as being a challenge and those were; 1) How do I get the support of management and 2) How…
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Sponsored By Issue: 2015-6 JUNE 2015 A Message from our Founder… Effective Arguing; Beware of Logical Red-Herrings Joseph F Paris Jr As I am apt to, from time to time, I recently attended a conference on Operational Excellence and Change Management. There were two issues related to one another that came-up time and again from…
Details“Stepping Stones of the Lean Journey – Editorial Introduction”; LMJ Board Member and OpEx Society Founder, Joseph Paris, introduces this month’s magazine with a thought provoking narrative on the stepping stones of the journey that is Lean. Published in Lean Management Journal in the June 2015 issue. Download PDF
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Sponsored By Issue: 2015-5 MAY 2015 A Message from our Founder… 8.5 “Must Know” Career Tips & Tricks Joseph F Paris Jr I wrote the first version of this article three years ago and have been updating it every year since. I have had a great many people remark to me that it has helped…
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I wrote the first version of this article three years ago and have been updating it every year since. I have had a great many people remark to me that it has helped them a great deal (which is the point, I guess.) I have also had several people give me some new ideas and, of course,…
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XONITEK-US and XONITEK-UK recently hosted an Operational Excellence Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. If you have ever been to Amsterdam, you will know there are distinct cultural differences which are quite obvious if you are from New York – even from a pre-Giuliani New York. From each place I visit, I’ve always liked to acquire…
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