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  • Rudyard Kipling; Adventurer, Author, Poet… And a Pioneer of Operational Excellence
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    Rudyard Kipling; Adventurer, Author, Poet… And a Pioneer of Operational Excellence

    ByJoseph Paris September 8, 2010February 18, 2026

    From time to time, I enjoy a good read of “the classics”. I am not certain why the classics are not taught in grade-school anymore – it is a shame.  There are so many basic life-lessons that transcend the ages and generations and can be gleaned with grand richness from the tales of literary greats…

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  • Sie brauchen was?! Es dauert wie lange?!
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    Sie brauchen was?! Es dauert wie lange?!

    ByJoseph Paris July 21, 2010February 18, 2026

    “You need what?!” … “It will take how long?!” I have uttered these two questions more than any others during my move to Frankfurt, Germany.  It seems that everything has involved a considerable process –a rather slow and convoluted process at that.  More often than not, the experience has been frustrating, comical, and largely absurd. …

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  • On Oranges versus Ideas
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    On Oranges versus Ideas

    ByJoseph Paris June 2, 2010February 18, 2026

    I truly love my career – well, most of the time and in most aspects of it anyway.  I enjoy the thrills of running my own consultancy firm and being in command of my destiny – even when (perhaps especially when) I need to react to the unexpected.  It seems that I am at my…

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  • There Must Be a Better Way
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    There Must Be a Better Way

    ByJoseph Paris May 5, 2010February 18, 2026

    How many times have we heard this?  How many times have we said it? Personally, I am certain that I say this more than once per day. Sometimes it’s out of frustration, sometimes it’s out of amazement, sometimes it’s just a moment where I give a look and think, “You gotta be kidding me” – it’s the…

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  • First Impressions Are Important
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    First Impressions Are Important

    ByJoseph Paris March 13, 2010February 18, 2026

    As is my habit, I occasionally “google” my name (with XONITEK, so that I don’t get the Joseph Paris that is into hair) to see what might be out there. I get the expected links to the various articles I have written or events in which I have taken part, but occasionally I get surprised.

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