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Foundry General Manager
ByXONITEK September 5, 2024September 5, 2024
Location; New Britain, CT Reports to: Chief Executive Officer / President Position Type: Full-Time / Permanent Salary: Competitive compensation package reflective of capabilities and experience PURPOSE The General Manager oversees the foundry’s strategic direction, ensuring alignment with long-term goals and operational excellence. This role involves leading daily operations, managing financial performance, ensuring product quality, and maintaining compliance with health,…
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Body of Knowledge Founders Desk
The need for both KPIs and OKRs
ByJoseph Paris January 27, 2024February 18, 2026
Headline: “Business Metrics Gone Awry: The Dark Side of Relying Solely on KPIs” Subheading: “Corporate Missteps Highlight the Pitfalls of Blindly Chasing Key Performance Indicators” We read about it all the time; in a shocking turn of events, the business world is abuzz with meteoric fall of some company and its CEO, its CFO, or…
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Body of Knowledge Founders Desk
Considering the Entire Employee Lifecycle
ByJoseph Paris December 18, 2023February 18, 2026
I wrote an article entitled “The Strategic HR Department” where I shared my thoughts on the characteristics of a Human Resources Department that is strategic with a purpose of being an accelerant of the organization’s ambitions rather than one that is a bureaucracy whose emphasis is on compliance. Of course, compliance is an important responsibility…
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Body of Knowledge
Considering the Entire Employee Lifecycle
ByXONITEK December 18, 2023January 9, 2024
I wrote an article entitled “The Strategic HR Department” where I shared my thoughts on the characteristics of a Human Resources Department that is strategic with a purpose of being an accelerant of the organization’s ambitions rather than one that is a bureaucracy whose emphasis is on compliance. Of course, compliance is an important responsibility…
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Body of Knowledge Founders Desk
Safety Comes Third: A Contrarian Approach to Prioritizing Workplace Values
ByJoseph Paris November 7, 2023February 18, 2026
Several years ago I was at an Operational Excellence Conference here in Frankfurt. As with most talks, the speaker started by introducing the company he worked for and what it did. He then proceeded to list the companies values, of which there were five or so. The last value on the list was “Safety” to…
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Podcasts
State of Readiness | Jesse DePriest; President of Jesse DePriest Consulting
ByXONITEK September 12, 2023September 29, 2025
Hello and welcome to another edition of State of Readiness. I am your host, Joseph Paris.My guest today is Jesse DePriest, President of Jesse DePriest Consulting, LLC; Privately held consultancy specializing in Lean including; strategy development and deployment, leadership development, process design and analysis, process improvement, problem solving, teamwork. I have known Jesse for several…
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Foundry General Manager

The need for both KPIs and OKRs

Considering the Entire Employee Lifecycle

Considering the Entire Employee Lifecycle

Safety Comes Third: A Contrarian Approach to Prioritizing Workplace Values

State of Readiness | Jesse DePriest; President of Jesse DePriest Consulting

Operational Excellence Society

State of Readiness

Joseph F. Paris Jr.

Readiness Institute