Lessons Learned from Mount Stupid


Joseph Heller wrote in his novel, Good as Gold, “The most advanced and penultimate stage of civilization is attained when chaos masquerades as order.” I’m pretty sure we’ve already arrived.

We are living through testing times… Our governments are being tested as they try to enact programs to instill confidence in the economy and their constituents. Companies are being tested as they are forced to react to dramatic challenges in the marketplace that have seemingly materialized overnight and without warning. Individuals are being tested in…
“Partyzanci transformacji”, published in the April 2011 issue of Eurologistics Magazine – in Polish. Download PDF “Guerilla Transformation” – Original article in English. Download PDF
A nincompoop is someone who is grossly inept. They can be categorized as five-figures, six-figures … up to ten-figures or more depending upon how much they cost the organization in a year, or over their career. Ironically, Nincompoops have an uncanny way of surviving by flying below the radar, shifting blame or somehow gaining tenure. …

I have lived in an age where technology advances have been rather amazing and certainly life-changing for the vast majority of persons on the planet. I have witnessed: the birth of manned space-flight culminating with sending men to the moon and returning safely back to Earth; trans/inter-continental flights becoming routine; the birth of the personal…
Vistage International Back to Orb: Rekindling the Boundaries of the Flat World CoorsTek Clear Creek Valley Plant (Denver, CO) April 23, 2008 (8:30am – 4:30pm) XONITEK Corporation’s President, Joseph Paris, will be the Keynote Speaker for the Vistage International event being held in Denver, Colorado on April 23rd. Mr. Paris’s presentation, Back to Orb: Rekindling the Boundaries of…
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