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Listen "Joseph Paris - Who Has The Wisdom? Operational Excellence and Growing Your Organization - CSP S04E01"
Episode Synopsis
State of Readiness author Joseph Paris is the inaugural guest on Season Four of the Cold Star Project. Joseph is also the founder of the Operational Excellence Society and Readiness Institute, and is the go-to expert for OpEx executives of large civilian and military organizations. In this conversation with fellow OpEx pro and Cold Star Project host Jason Kanigan, we discuss:
why the typical OpEx executive focus on tactical cost-cutting rather than strategic capacity and revenue growth is a critical mistake
what blocks you from having operational excellence in your organization (it's not a lack of TPS or process optimization)
what to do about the common feeling of isolation within organizations as an OpEx professional
the reason depending on yourself as the OpEx executive in your organization to develop training programs is job-killing wishful thinking and setting you up for failure
why communication is often terribly bad within larger companies, and how you can positively guide your firm to becoming a true learning organization
the problems we see in communication and learning in distributed organizations, particularly during the current global event forcing people to work remotely, and what to do about them
OpEx killers such as not tracking further projects and successes beyond the initial one prompted by getting a training program.
Jason Kanigan is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Operational Excellence Society. Book a call with Jason to talk about OpEx in your organization with https://www.coldstartech.com/15call
If you want more information about how to become a high performance organization, get the free white paper here: https://readiness.institute/reachouts/operational-excellence-enterprise-readiness-system/
Joseph Paris talk at the first "Make Space Boring" virtual conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtoDucruKQ0
Joseph Paris interview in Season Two of the Cold Star Project: https://coldstarproject.com/yts02e47josephparis
OpEx Society: https://www.opexsociety.org
Readiness Institute: https://readiness.institute/
State of Readiness book (available on Amazon and linked to from this site): https://state-of-readiness.com/
These are not affiliate links.
why the typical OpEx executive focus on tactical cost-cutting rather than strategic capacity and revenue growth is a critical mistake
what blocks you from having operational excellence in your organization (it's not a lack of TPS or process optimization)
what to do about the common feeling of isolation within organizations as an OpEx professional
the reason depending on yourself as the OpEx executive in your organization to develop training programs is job-killing wishful thinking and setting you up for failure
why communication is often terribly bad within larger companies, and how you can positively guide your firm to becoming a true learning organization
the problems we see in communication and learning in distributed organizations, particularly during the current global event forcing people to work remotely, and what to do about them
OpEx killers such as not tracking further projects and successes beyond the initial one prompted by getting a training program.
Jason Kanigan is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Operational Excellence Society. Book a call with Jason to talk about OpEx in your organization with https://www.coldstartech.com/15call
If you want more information about how to become a high performance organization, get the free white paper here: https://readiness.institute/reachouts/operational-excellence-enterprise-readiness-system/
Joseph Paris talk at the first "Make Space Boring" virtual conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtoDucruKQ0
Joseph Paris interview in Season Two of the Cold Star Project: https://coldstarproject.com/yts02e47josephparis
OpEx Society: https://www.opexsociety.org
Readiness Institute: https://readiness.institute/
State of Readiness book (available on Amazon and linked to from this site): https://state-of-readiness.com/
These are not affiliate links.
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