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  • State Of Readiness | Innocent Hadebe; Director of Business Excellence for Chick-fil-A Corporate
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    State Of Readiness | Innocent Hadebe; Director of Business Excellence for Chick-fil-A Corporate

    ByXONITEK May 8, 2023September 29, 2025

    Hello and welcome to another edition of State of Readiness. I am your host Joseph Paris. My guest today is Innocent Hadebe, Director of Business Excellence for Chick-fil-A Corporate.  I met Innocent like a meet a great many people and that would be through LinkedIn.  Of course my initial attraction to Innocent was that we…

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  • State of Readiness|Alan Cruce; NASA Research Pilot – SOFIA
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    State of Readiness|Alan Cruce; NASA Research Pilot – SOFIA

    ByXONITEK March 20, 2023September 29, 2025

    In this conversation, Alan shares his life’s journey as a pilot. From earning his pilot’s license before most people earn their driver’s license all the way to becoming a research pilot for NASA and it’s SOFIA program. I met Alan while I was on assignment in Denver. He and his team from NASA were also…

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  • Eulogy of a Continuous Improvement Program
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    Eulogy of a Continuous Improvement Program

    ByJoseph Paris August 30, 2020February 18, 2026

    When you were born, everyone could see the twinkle in your eyes for the fire and passion you held.  As you grew, you became inspired by the reported accomplishments of others; and consumed with great enthusiasm and dedication every bit of knowledge that was at your disposal.  You had the good fortune of being influenced…

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  • Hurry Up and Slow Down
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    Hurry Up and Slow Down

    ByJoseph Paris May 22, 2019February 18, 2026

    I just got off the golf course hitting 9-holes with my Pop, who is 84 years old.  God bless him, I hope he has many more rounds to play and I look forward to getting out as often as I can with him.  We played the En-Joie Golf Club; a stop on the PGA Tour…

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  • 8.5 “Must Know” Career Tips & Tricks (v.Done)
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    8.5 “Must Know” Career Tips & Tricks (v.Done)

    ByJoseph Paris May 28, 2018February 18, 2026

    I have been an entrepreneur and in business – nonstop – since 1985.  And over the course of those 30-plus years, I have gained a lot of experience.  But as the saying goes; “Experience is the most difficult teacher, she gives the test first and teaches the lesson after.”  So I can say, with some…

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  • So, you want to write a book…
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    So, you want to write a book…

    ByJoseph Paris November 28, 2017February 18, 2026

    My book, “State of Readiness”, was published in May this year (2017).  And it’s been almost six months since I have written a fresh article.  It’s not been for a lack of topics.  In fact, I have several topics in the queue for articles I want to write.  But, publishing a book took a lot…

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