Lessons Learned from Mount Stupid

Body of Knowledge Founders Desk

ByJoseph Paris April 20, 2016

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Lean Management Journal – “Walk the Gemba Walk” by Joseph Paris: Jul/Aug 2012
ByXONITEK July 13, 2012December 30, 2020
“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
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Podcasts
State of Readiness; Joe Vacca, Cigna
ByXONITEK March 31, 2020December 30, 2020
For 20+ years Joe has been empowering organizations, teams, and individuals to continuously improve processes and outcomes toward their goals and ultimately achieve Excellence in their chosen business, function, or discipline. What makes Joe unique is that he has led successful transformation programs across several Fortune 100 companies – and he has experienced the deployment…
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Time to rethink Just-In-Time
ByJoseph Paris September 29, 2022February 18, 2026
Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory and manufacturing systems are management strategies where replenishment orders of raw materials, assemblies, and finished goods are based on production schedules; which themselves are based on real customer orders that are due at specific dates (even times). The objective is to increase efficiency and effectiveness by decreasing the waste associated with carrying…
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To Build a Team, You Must Become a Leader
ByXONITEK December 9, 2009January 6, 2020
I am a big advocate of leadership development. I study and push leadership development through all I do in life. I once read that General Dwight D. Eisenhower was asked how he managed to lead such a diverse group of people to work together to win Europe from the Nazis. He answered, “Sir, it is one team, or we lose.” How…
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How to Change People
ByXONITEK April 9, 2009January 6, 2020
The one question I am asked more frequently than any other is, “How can you get people to change?” Many managers and business owners I talk to seem to be stumped by this question. They feel that people often resist change in order to keep things status quo, which is often motivated by fear of change. While…
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Effectiveness of Leadership
ByJoseph Paris February 9, 2015February 18, 2026
I have owned my own business since 1985, so I have been a leader far longer than I have been led. In fact, I have owned my own businesses for so long (thirty-years this year) that I have often been referred to as “uniquely unemployable”. I am not certain I would agree though, because I…
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