8.5 “Must Know” Career Tips & Tricks
One of the most favourite things I get to do is being involved in academia; especially being able to mentor students as they embark upon their careers. It is one of the very best ways of which I can think to “give back”, or even “pay it forward”. And it is usually this time of year – when…
The Dangers of Complacency
Complacency – (Satisfied: Self-satisfied, usually in an unreflective way and without being aware of possible dangers) What does a car, a business, or a person have in common? I had never given it much thought until I recently went to start my car after work, which has 100,000 plus miles, and found that as soon as I took…
Managing Construction Risk Through Pre-Operational Planning
Discrepancies in performance, losses or incidents happen, but are they accidents? Has the organization really stopped to analyze why projects or processes are experiencing disruptions, inefficiencies, accidents, and losses? Why are workers not meeting expectations or getting hurt in spite of standards, programs, policies, procedures, training, and possibly everyone’s best efforts? How can the situation be…
Joseph Paris Joins Lean Management Journal’s Editorial Board – June 2012
Lean Management Journal announces that XONITEK’s Joseph Paris has joined their editorial board. Robert Priolo, Editor for LMJ, made it official with this announcement: “I believe there is a lot in store for the journal in the coming months… the editorial board has a great role to play in supporting the expansion of the journal.
Email Management is not the problem. Management is.
It is time for the top leadership in organizations of all sizes to recognize that an ad-hoc approach to managing e-mail is highly inefficient and an enormous drag on human resources. E-mail management: the prioritization, planning and archiving of e-mail should be systemized and standardized in every organization.
How to Deliver the Full Potential of a Lean Six Sigma Initiative
As Operational Excellence professionals, we are all dedicated to eliminating waste from the processes we aim at improving. Yet, are we eliminating 100% of our own wastes? Are we leveraging the full benefits of what we are doing? Are we, ourselves, guilty of the 8thwaste (I mean waste of opportunity) as we are not always delivering…