The recent arrest of a Google Senior Executive based in Brazil – for refusing to remove videos from YouTube – has surprising helped the company to restore its image as a defender of free speech. However, only 2 weeks earlier, Google had jeopardized this image by blocking internet users in eight countries from watching a…
Nowadays, when we examine financial reports for small or medium sized enterprises (SME), we see that interpretations are being made based only on sales revenues and certain expenses. Since many vital decisions affecting the future of a company are determined by considering only these charts, many decisions are based on incorrect information.
The 2012 Olympics lived up to its expectations. We watched the world’s greatest athletes break records and bring home the gold. In all the excitement, what did you learn from these world-class athletes that can help you achieve your goals? Here are 5 lessons learned you may have missed: 1. The field is rich…
“Leadership and Challenges on the Brain” by XONITEK’s Joseph Paris & continued media coverage of the Operational Excellence Society. Published in Lean Management Journal in the October 2012 issue. Download PDF
Before the iPhone, mobile phones took on a multitude of shapes and sizes. Today, however, the majority of phones feature a touch screen, a number of icons, and assume a rectangular shape. Concern has now been voiced post the Apple Inc vs Samsung Electronics trial – in which Samsung received a hefty rap over the…
Process improvement in large-scale service sector enterprises is considerably different from and more difficult than in manufacturing processes. Yet, the services sector represents a majority of the economic output of many developed economies including the US, so there are good economic to reasons improve service-based processes. In order to improve them, it is critical to…
