State of Readiness | Jesse DePriest; President of Jesse DePriest Consulting

State of Readiness | Jesse DePriest; President of Jesse DePriest Consulting

Hello and welcome to another edition of State of Readiness. I am your host, Joseph Paris.My guest today is Jesse DePriest, President of Jesse DePriest Consulting, LLC; Privately held consultancy specializing in Lean including; strategy development and deployment, leadership development, process design and analysis, process improvement, problem solving, teamwork. I have known Jesse for several…

State Of Readiness | Daniel Varroney; President and CEO of Potomac Core

State Of Readiness | Daniel Varroney; President and CEO of Potomac Core

And Author of the book; “Reimagining Industry Growth: Strategic Partnership Strategies in an Era of Uncertainty” Hello and welcome to another edition of State of Readiness. I am your host Joseph Paris. My guest today is Daniel Varroney, President and CEO of Potomac Core; a consultancy specializing in helping trade organizations transform into strategic partner…

State Of Readiness | Innocent Hadebe; Director of Business Excellence for Chick-fil-A Corporate

State Of Readiness | Innocent Hadebe; Director of Business Excellence for Chick-fil-A Corporate

Hello and welcome to another edition of State of Readiness. I am your host Joseph Paris. My guest today is Innocent Hadebe, Director of Business Excellence for Chick-fil-A Corporate.  I met Innocent like a meet a great many people and that would be through LinkedIn.  Of course my initial attraction to Innocent was that we…

State of Readiness | Alan Cruce; NASA Research Pilot – SOFIA

State of Readiness | Alan Cruce; NASA Research Pilot – SOFIA

In this conversation, Alan shares his life’s journey as a pilot. From earning his pilot’s license before most people earn their driver’s license all the way to becoming a research pilot for NASA and it’s SOFIA program. I met Alan while I was on assignment in Denver. He and his team from NASA were also…

State Of Readiness | Norbert Majerus; Author, Consultant, and Lean Champion (Ret) Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

State Of Readiness | Norbert Majerus; Author, Consultant, and Lean Champion (Ret) Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

Hello and welcome to another edition of State of Readiness with your host, Joseph Paris. My guest today is Norbert Majerus; Author of “Lean-Driven Innovation” and “Winning Innovation” and a Lean Champion (Ret) from the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. He confesses that he went into engineering because he didn’t like to working with people…

State Of Readiness | Ben Cook; Chief Supply Chain Officer, Spreetail

State Of Readiness | Ben Cook; Chief Supply Chain Officer, Spreetail

Give a listen… My guest today is Ben Cook, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Spreetail, a next-generation 3PL company headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.  We start the conversation with Ben sharing his early years.  His father was an Army Officer who resigned soon after Ben was born to have a more stable family life.  But that…