Lean Management Journal – “Walk the Gemba Walk” by Joseph Paris: Jul/Aug 2012
“Walk the Gemba Walk” by XONITEK’s Joseph Paris & continued media coverage of the Operational Excellence Society. Robert Priolo, Commissioning Editor, welcomes Mr. Paris to the Editorial Board. – Published in Lean Management Journal in the July/August 2012 double issue. Download PDF
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.