Lessons from Mt. Stupid – Stories from a manufacturing process excellence conference.
-A few months ago, I was asked to conduct a Workshop, deliver a Keynote, and Chair a three-day Conference on…
Lean Management Journal – “Increase Quality, Increase Velocity” by Joseph Paris: September 2014
-“Increase Quality, Increase Velocity”; LMJ Board Member and XONITEK’s Chairman, Joseph Paris, explores the financial industry’s attempts at lean and shows where the real savings have been…
Increase Quality, Increase Velocity – in Finance
-Willie Sutton, a famous bank-robber during the mid-1900’s, was once asked why he robbed banks. Willie responded, “Because that’s where…
Lean Management Journal – “Changing a Continuous Improvement Initiative into a Global Program” by Joseph Paris: July 2014
-“Changing a Continuous Improvement Initiative into a Global Program”; LMJ Board Member and XONITEK’s Chairman, Joseph Paris, discusses the tribal nature of people and…
8.5 “Must Know” Career Tips & Tricks (v3.0)
-I wrote the first version of this article two years ago and offered an updated version last year. I have had a great many…
Lean Management Journal – “Why Isn’t Government Lean?” by Joseph Paris: June 2014
-“Why Isn’t Government Lean?”; LMJ Board Member and XONITEK’s Chairman, Joseph Paris, weighs in on the role of lean in government. Published in Lean…
Changing a Continuous Improvement Initiative into a Global Program
-The “laws of nature” are absolute. When we discover a contradiction to a supposed law of nature, it is not…
Government; Has the need but lacks the will, even the want.
-In a global marketplace, companies have a primal motivation for continually improving the value-proposition of their offering. They have to…
It’s Time to Jam
-As the sun traverses the heavens ever higher with each and every day, winter has finally been forced to release…
Lean Management Journal – “It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint” by Joseph Paris: March 2014
-“It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint”, by XONITEK’s Joseph Paris discusses the perennial problem of attempting to apply lean strategies, whilst failing…
It’s a Marathon, not a Sprint
-We have often heard of Lean being described as a “Journey, not a Destination” – in that the pursuit of…
… AND the Circumstances of Those Who Work There
-Those of you who read my articles and follow my missives on social media know that I more often write…
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