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  • Never let a serious crisis go to waste
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    Never let a serious crisis go to waste

    ByJoseph Paris March 31, 2020June 6, 2020

    In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on November 19,2008, Rahm Emanuel was quoted as saying; “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.  And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.” He was referring to the crisis that was…

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  • State of Readiness; Dr. Cynthia J. Young: Leidos
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    State of Readiness; Dr. Cynthia J. Young: Leidos

    ByXONITEK March 3, 2020December 30, 2020

    Cindy is as self-made a person as anyone I have ever met.  After graduating high school and not having any particular skills that were as yet discovered nor the grades or money to get into University, she joined the United States Navy as an enlisted person.  Perhaps she knew, and it’s just as likely she…

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  • Scaling and Sustaining Your Education and Training Program
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    Scaling and Sustaining Your Education and Training Program

    ByJoseph Paris March 3, 2020April 22, 2020

    I have been helping companies design and deploy their Operational Excellence (“OpEx”) and Continuous Improvement (“CI”) programs for a very long time.  Mind you, I was not born with this knowledge.  Rather I gained this knowledge by working with companies and observing the challenges they faced and helping them to overcome those challenges – and…

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    Operational Excellence – A Personal Case Study

    ByJoseph Paris November 25, 2019May 28, 2020

    I write often about Operational Excellence.  How we live in a world of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA).  How time is the enemy of the 21st century company and that the organization that knows and trusts its capabilities (and also where they are lacking) is better prepared to synthesize decisions from imperfect data – operating…

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  • State of Readiness; Michael Rabbitt, Head of Business Transformation at Argonne National Laboratory
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    State of Readiness; Michael Rabbitt, Head of Business Transformation at Argonne National Laboratory

    ByXONITEK August 12, 2019December 30, 2020

    In this episode, I welcome Michael Rabbitt, Head of Business Transformation, Argonne National Laboratory, a world-class research laboratory.  Having a BA in Operations Management and Information Systems and earning his MBA in Human Resource Management, Michael will share his journey; how his interests evolved over time, the experiences he gained in change management, and his…

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