Lean Management Journal – “Employee Consideration is Key” by Joseph Paris
“Employee Consideration is Key” by Joseph Paris & Continued Support of the Operational Excellence Society – Published in Lean Management Journal in March 2012.

“Employee Consideration is Key” by Joseph Paris & Continued Support of the Operational Excellence Society – Published in Lean Management Journal in March 2012.

Research using employee data reveals the top five predictors of attrition and four actions managers can take in the short term to reduce attrition. More than 40% of all employees were thinking about leaving their jobs at the beginning of 2021, and as the year went on, workers quit in unprecedented numbers.1 Between April and…

Today I invite to State of Readiness, Brian Strobel who is the VP of Corporate Quality at Sierra Nevada Corporation (the aerospace company, not the beer guys) and author of the upcoming book, āPursuing Excellence: A Values-Based, Systems Approach to Help Companies Become More Resilientā (2021), in addition to his previous book, āLeading Change from Within: A…

āFirst comes thought; then organization of that thought into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.ā Napoleon Hill Almost all of us have experienced a ā Eureka Moment ā ā a moment in our lives where we have had a great thought…

Our leaders and institutions are failing us, but it’s not always because they’re bad or unethical, says venture capitalist John Doerr – often, it’s simply because they’re leading us toward the wrong objectives. In this practical talk, Doerr shows us how we can get back on track with “Objectives and Key Results,” or OKRs –…

The Economist reports on a new book that points out the big role governments play in creating innovative businesses. Economists have long recognised that the state has a role in promoting innovation, in any case. At its best, the newly coined entrepreneurial state is nothing less than the ultimate Schumpeterian innovator – generating the gales of…

Science fair winning teenagers, Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao, have identified a new bacteria that breaks down nasty compounds called phthalates, common to flexible plastics and linked to health problems. Because once it’s created, plastic (almost) never dies – they found an answer to the burning question of how to break down plastics – surprisingly…