A Conversation with Joseph Paris and Brian Oloo

Recognized Thought Leader in Operational Excellence, International Entrepreneur, Writer, Speaker, Mentor Joseph Paris speaks with interviewer Brian Oloo on this unique Youtube Video.

Recognized Thought Leader in Operational Excellence, International Entrepreneur, Writer, Speaker, Mentor Joseph Paris speaks with interviewer Brian Oloo on this unique Youtube Video.

I wrote the first version of this article four 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,…

Since the beginning of recorded history, great leaders of engagements have known two things; 1) Time is the enemy with speed and decisiveness in making a decision being an advantage and 2) there is no such thing as the perfect plan. Therefore the ability to adapt as circumstances unfold is critical to success. Sun Tzu,…

In my book, “State of Readiness” is a brief discussion on “Effects Chains” (pgs 271-277); which is really a re-branding (for purposes of sensibilities) of “kill chains” that I borrowed from military parlance and adapted to business. In the context of the military, a kill chain refers to a series of stages or steps that…
I was in Barnes & Noble over the weekend and beheld a seemingly endless collection of business books. Whilst thumbing through them, I noticed a mantra that almost all of the ones I looked at had in common – it’s not necessary to be completely right all of the time. Later that evening, I was…

Welcome to Episode 23 of The Outliers Inn – Business Strategies. Topic: Linus, Sheepddog, Rumplestiltskin, Time Bandits, Musk Ox, Dragonfly, Autolycus. Not secret code, and not the usual macho names for military strategies. In fact, these are some of the 80 ‘patterns of strategy’, in the book by the same name from Patrick Hoverstadt and Lucy…

Welcome to Episode 29 – Malcolm Cawood – Kybernetica Topic: A Capitalist, a Socialist, and a Communist walk into a podcast. No, it’s not the start of a bad joke, just a bad podcast. Malcolm Cawood, owner of Kybernetica, joins Antlerboy and JP to discuss his ideas behind “systems thinking”. He certainly will share his fairly…