ByJoseph F. Paris, Jr.
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“Review of Operational Excellence Society Launch” – Published in Lean Management Journal in January 2012.
“It is very easy to like Joseph Paris, and not just because he is a great entertainer“…
I am a big advocate of leadership development. I study and push leadership development through all I do in life. I once read that General Dwight D. Eisenhower was asked how he managed to lead such a diverse group of people to work together to win Europe from the Nazis. He answered, “Sir, it is one team, or we lose.” How…
I am not easily impressed by technology. In fact, I am often a contrarian and don’t easily buy into the hype of the “next great thing”. It’s probably a combination of factors. One being that I started my professional career during the 1980’s and 90’s – a period of time when there was a veritable…
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Margaret Heffernan, the former CEO of 5 companies, spends her time investigating the common human thought patterns of conflict avoidance and selective blindness that all too often result in an organization’s downfall. In this highly relevant TED talk, Heffernan highlights the fact that while many people do their best to avoid conflict, respectful and thoughtful…
I was speaking with a friend who is the Chief Operating Officer of a multi-national chemical processing company a few weeks ago. We were speaking about the various challenges that he is facing, which are not unlike the challenges faced by many companies. His most important goal was to maximize profits whilst minimizing inventory –…
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Psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth studies intangible concepts such as self-control and grit to determine how they might predict both academic and professional success. She left a high-flying job in consulting in return for a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school, then discovered something about the power of true passion of perseverance….
