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Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2023 April ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris The Strategic HR Department Instead of being a strategic force, I find that most HR Departments are tactical; focused on compliance with the various labor laws and regulations and making sure the paperwork is all…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2023 March ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Culture Change; What is it and why change it? The subject of “culture change” has been a topic at many conferences on Operational Excellence over the past several years. But the conversation always seems to…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2023 February ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Learnings from Africa I love South and Southern Africa, ever since I first went there in 1995 to deliver training on how to implement and ERP system in a manufacturing environment. I made sure to…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2023 January ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Artificial Intelligence and Continuous Improvement In January of 2022, I wrote an article entitled “Deepfakes and the Uncanny Valley”. I shared my concern about AI having the ability to manipulate, even fabricate, what we see…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2022/23 Holiday Edition ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing As we complete another circuit around the sun, we find ourselves reflective of the year’s hard-fought battles won and lost, of loves arrived and departed, and of our professional successes and disappointments. With rebuilding spirit and energy, we look with great anticipation…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2022 November ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Culture Change: Go Ugly Early – Go Ugly Fast I hear a lot about “culture change”, but what is culture? Why do we need to change it? What changes would need to be made? And…