ByJoseph F. Paris, Jr.
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“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 how it hinders the scaling of lean in business.
Published in Lean Management Journal in the July 2014 issue.
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