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  • State of Readiness | Tim Pettry; CI Program Director, Cleveland Clinic
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    State of Readiness | Tim Pettry; CI Program Director, Cleveland Clinic

    ByXONITEK May 7, 2022September 29, 2025

    Give a listen… My guest today is Tim Pettry, Program Director for Continuous Improvement at the Cleveland Clinic’s Akron General (CCAG) Hospital where he directs the implementation of a Culture of Improvement for over 5,500 caregivers, utilizing the Cleveland Clinic Improvement Model. One of the biggest “take-aways” of this conversation is the difference in syntax…

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  • The Outliers Inn | Time Wasters
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    The Outliers Inn | Time Wasters

    ByXONITEK May 6, 2022September 29, 2025

    You can read the summary… Or just give a listen… What do you do when the co-host forgets to come to the session? Well, at The Outliers Inn, you just roll with it. Indeed, “Mule” didn’t show up so I called upon one of our regulars, Don “The Beer Man” Burshnick to stand in without…

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  • The Importance of a Project Review Board
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    The Importance of a Project Review Board

    ByJoseph Paris March 31, 2022February 18, 2026

    A key to success in any Operational Excellence or Continuous Improvement program will be found in the way opportunities for improvement are harvested and prioritized; and how well the projects are managed and evaluated. I have written several articles over the past few years on what it takes to successfully design and deploy an Operational…

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  • State of Readiness | Kevin Robinson, Toyota Alumni
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    State of Readiness | Kevin Robinson, Toyota Alumni

    ByXONITEK March 31, 2022September 29, 2025

    About the Podcast My guest today is Kevin Robinson, Managing Director of OPEX Performance Solutions Ltd and Toyota Alumni; having spent over 28 years at Toyota UK at the Deeside Engine Plant; starting as an Engineer in 1991 and working his way up the ranks until retiring as the General Manager of Manufacturing Operations. Rather…

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  • The Outliers Inn | Ardanans and Troglytes
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    The Outliers Inn | Ardanans and Troglytes

    ByXONITEK March 30, 2022February 12, 2026

    The business response to COVID has seen that many employees are able to work (and manage) from the comforts of their home (or wherever) while those whose physical presence is required have no such option. In this episode, JP, Mule, and our guests talk about the benefits and risks of working remotely; more specifically, the…

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  • Deepfakes and the Uncanny Valley
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    Deepfakes and the Uncanny Valley

    ByJoseph Paris January 10, 2022February 18, 2026

    Introduction Did you ever look at a video clip, or a sound bite, or a picture and it made you uneasy; but you couldn’t quite put your finger on it?  Chances are that it made you uneasy because it wasn’t real.  Rather, it was intended to make you believe it was real; to fool you. …

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