| Operational Excellence By DesignTM |
2023 Nov/Dec Holiday Edition |
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Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris |
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Considering the Entire Employee Lifecycle This article explores the 10 Steps of the employee lifecycle; from recruitment through off-boarding (whether this is by promotion or separation) and the efforts and actions that can be taken by HR departments to increase the value of the employee to the company as well as the value of HR. Where does your company stand? Would the opinions of the employees and those in the HR department be aligned? Click here to read full article… |
|  | All Articles by Joseph Paris… As founder of the Operational Excellence Society, Joseph Paris has contributed well over 100 articles spanning a decade and across a wide range of business topics. Click here to browse all of his articles. There will surely be one of relevance and interest to you. |
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We live in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA) world. And the competitive advantage will go to the company that is ready to face the challenges; see further beyond the horizon, recognize opportunities and threats sooner, and be able to device and deploy decisive responses faster. |
| My book, “State of Readiness” has been endorsed by senior leaders at some of the most respected and well-known companies in the world today. With Foreword by Andrew Lambert, FEIT; VP of Production and Supply Chain at SpaceX.
If you are not quite ready to buy a copy of “State of Readiness” for yourself (or a colleague) just yet but are interested in learning more? |
Connect with Joseph Paris |
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| Advisory Board Member, Benjamin Taylor, shares his thoughts on what he believes are the most important policies and protocols for creating and maintaining an effective and efficient Operational Excellence program that can scale and sustain over time. The five core leadership practices are ways to introduce fundamental organisational development approaches into any organisation. They are proven, doable, and impactful. Click here to read full article. |
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Operational Excellence Program Design and Deployment |
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They say that “up to 70% of Operational Excellence and Continuous improvement programs fail.” Don’t be one of them. Be the exception, not the rule. “Fail to plan, plan to fail.” To help you, your program, and your company to be successful, XONITEK has created a Program Architecting Whitepaper where you will find the best practices for the planning stage of an OpEx/CI program. If you follow our prescriptive approach, the roll-out of your program will almost be anti-climactic. |
| Even if you already have a program, you can use it as a benchmark to see how your efforts compare. Click below to receive a copy of our 20+ page Best-Practices Program Architecting Whitepaper. |
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Design Thinking for Operational Excellence |
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| Design Thinking for Operational ExcellenceTM provides a structured and user-centric approach to improving performance across the organization and its value-chain. It combines empathy, creativity, and iteration to foster innovation, enhance user experiences, and optimize operational efficiency. Click for full article… |
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Pre-Designed Workshop Journeys We have created a series of Design Thinking for Operational ExcellenceTM workshops based on the lessons learned in “State of Readiness” for rapid strategy design and deployment and also template components for you to build your own workshops. There are presently eight pre-designed workshops with a great many more in the works. Our goal is to create full library of design-thinking journeys. Click here to learn more… |
| | Workshop Moderator Training and Certification Course Whether you are using a pre-designed workshop journey or creating your own from scratch, this 3-Day Course will teach you how to construct journeys and become a moderator for delivering a Design Thinking for Operational ExcellenceTM workshop. These courses will be delivered as open enrollment several times per year and also available for single organizations. Click here to learn more… |
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3-Day Design Thinking for Operational ExcellenceTM Moderator Training and Certification Workshops |
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| In the pursuit of excellence, great chefs understand that the smallest details can make the biggest difference in the taste, presentation, and overall dining experience. And just as great chefs develop a passion for excellence by paying attention to the details, business leaders can do the same. Click here for full article… |
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We created an entire offering and practice around QMS and supporting ISO standards based on the Microsoft Power Platform (including Power-BI and Power Automate). To help accelerate the deployment of your system, we also created a full library of document templates for each of; ISO 9001 (Quality), 14001 (Environment), and 45001 (Health and Safety). Click here to learn more… |
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Would YOU like to share your passions with others and lead a roundtable discussion? Share your thoughts with your peers from around the world? Now’s your chance to do just that. The the Operational Excellence Society help you. Click here to find out more. |
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Operational Excellence Enterprise Readiness System |
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You can’t become a high-performance organization without having the capacity and capability to deliver – and this is especially true when it comes to your most important assets – your team. The Readiness Institute’s education and training system is world-class and is accredited for continuing education credits. It’s integrated learning approach will maximize the retention of the knowledge and, if our prescriptive approach is followed, will never be a cost to your organization. |
| Click below to receive your free copy of the Operational Excellence Enterprise Readiness System (OpEx-ERS) white-paper and module guide. |
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Building Awareness of Your OpEx/CI Offerings |
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The Operational Excellence Society is the center of gravity for the discipline and its reach is almost 1,000,000 people. Our audience:
– 80% have budgetary and P/L authority;
– 55% work at companies with greater than 1,000 employees and
– 30% working at companies with greater than 10,000 employees. We offer a variety of services including; marketing strategy development, content creation, podcast production, social media campaigns and outreach, and much, much, more. |
| Contact us if you would like to share your ambitions and discuss how we can partner to get your offering in front of people who are interested in how you can drive value to them. |
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Sometimes we get caught because of an unplanned separation of an employee who was performing a key role in the company or project. Sometimes we have a short-term need for an experienced specialist to help push through a deliverable. But time is the enemy. This is not a situation where you can take the time to recruit. The need is now, and help is available. |
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| Is Santa a Lean Leader? Advisory Board Member, Philip Holt, mused about Santa and that there was a strong possibility that he was a Lean Leader. So as we approach the Holiday period and Christmas, it got him thinking about Father Christmas, or Santa, and whether he is, in fact, a good example of a Lean Leader. The more that he investigated, the more that he found supporting evidence: Click for full article… |
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There is something pretty exciting brewing at the Operational Excellence Society and a few of its partners. We can’t say exactly what it is yet, but stay tuned and don’t touch that dial! We will be right back (hint, hint). |
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Trust Me… I’m an Engineer |
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Sponsors and Professional Organizations |
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Business and Operations Management Consulting |
| Your Education and Training Center |
| Association for Corporate Growth |
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| “Thank you for being a valued reader. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments related to this publication – or if you might be interested in submitting article for consideration in our eNewsletter.” Joseph Paris – Editor |
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