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    Design Thinking for Operational Excellence

    ByXONITEK September 4, 2023July 30, 2025

    I was the Chairman at an Operational Excellence and Business Transformation conference in Amsterdam this past March (2023) which was produced by CParity.  The lead-off workshop was on Design Thinking. I must admit; my first impression of the workshop was mixed.  I thought the concepts of Design Thinking and its approaches were novel.  But it…

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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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    Artificial Intelligence; The Next “Undiscovered Country”

    ByJoseph Paris October 30, 2019January 6, 2020

    In William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” (usually referred to simply as “Hamlet”), the main character, Hamlet, uses the phrase “undiscovered country” to refer to what lies beyond the grave – the afterlife – and our lack of knowledge of it, and our fear of it.  As it is with death, so…

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    State of Readiness; Stephane Jeanmart, Syngenta

    ByXONITEK July 25, 2019September 29, 2025

    Welcome to this episode of the State of Readiness podcast – with Stephane Jeanmart from Syngenta I welcome Stephane Jeanmart, Chemistry Operational Excellence Lead at Syngenta, a global agrochemical business headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.  In this episode, Stephane shares his journey from being formally trained in Chemistry, a discipline of predictable outcomes governed by formulas and exactness, to a less exact…

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    Professional Development and Networking using Social Media

    ByJoseph Paris October 29, 2018January 6, 2020

    If you are reading this, you probably engage in professional networking on social media.  And if you are like me, you have been engaging for a very long time. The motivation is probably similar to mine.  You want to learn and understand what’s going on in your profession, your industry, your community – and probably…

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