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
What can health systems do to encourage physicians to embrace virtual care?
With changing health care reimbursement models, growing consumer demand, and advances in digital technologies, virtual care is a must-have for health systems. But how can hospitals and health systems gain physician buy-in? Deloitte means that it might be easier than you thought… Read more
Operational Excellence is Not Something New
There is a lot of content created around Operational Excellence and its companion disciplines – including; Leadership, Lean, Six-Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Project Management, and so on – which together comprise Operational Excellence (including the content produced by myself). But are all of these concepts as “new” as some would have you believe? Have they…
The Outliers Inn; Harnessing Complexity
Welcome to Episode 7 of the Outliers Inn podcast series- Harnessing Complexity Topic: Join us this month as we discuss the evolution of complexity in the modern business world with our guests George Danner and Trevor Hilder. George describes a future where progressive firms embrace complexity rather than run away from it.. This future is characterized by…
State of Readiness: Manuel Ugarte; US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC)
Joseph Paris welcomes to “State of Readiness” Manuel “Manny” Ugarte, Director and Strategic Accounts Manager of the United States Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC). The US Army’s CCDC mission is to provide the research, engineering, and analytical expertise to deliver capabilities that enable the Army to deter and, when necessary, decisively defeat any adversary…
WORKFORCE The future workplace: How to automate intelligently
This article by EY means that maximizing the value of your automation strategy necessarily requires linkage to your people strategy and organizational analysis. Starting with the premise that automation offers tremendous potential for leaders looking to drive transformation in their organization: from cost savings and increased delivery speed, to new operating models, to higher value…
Human Lean – Standardisation Creating a Talent Hot Bed
In a nutshell: The standardised work we are all so familiar with as being a cornerstone of a Lean philosophy does not produce quality, reliability and repeatability, it generates world class skill and the basis of a talent hot bed. Understand the process of world class skill generation and give standardisation a meaning. I have…
