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Joseph Paris

Owner/Founder at XONITEK, Operational Excellence Society, Readiness Institute

Frankfurt, Germany

(ENFJ-A+) Hello and welcome to my Thinkers360 Profile. I am Joseph F. Paris Jr. and I have devoted my entire career of over 30 years to helping companies become high-performance organizations.

I believe that time is the enemy of the 21st century company and the company that is in a “State of Readiness” – the company that can see further beyond the horizon; recognize opportunities and threats more quickly; has achieved a superior level of Operational Excellence and possesses the organizational capacity and capability to devise and deploy decisive responses faster than the competition; maintains control of the narrative and cadence; and has become a high-performance organization – will have the competitive advantage.

As an international entrepreneur and a sought-after strategist, consultant, mentor, and speaker with engagements around the world – and through the considerable experiences I have had, the research I have conducted, and the articles I have shared as a prolific writer – I have become a world recognized “thought leader” on the subject of “Operational Excellence”.

With a core value – my "true North – being the improvement of company performance and the circumstances of those who work there, I am regularly engaged by companies to help analyze and formulate their strategic vision, to support in determining the tactics necessary to achieve their goals, to assist in identifying and organizing the logistics necessary to support their plans, and to facilitate the execution phase.

And my book, “State of Readiness” (May 2017) has been recognized by senior leaders at some of the world’s most recognized and respected companies as a “definitive work” with “next level thinking” on the field of Operational Excellence.

My end-goal is to help create high-performance individuals working in high-performance teams for high-performance organizations.

Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Frankfurt Germany
Speaking Topics: Operational Excellence, Design Thinking, High-Performance Teams, Leadership, Organizational Design, Workforce Development, Emotional Intelligence

Joseph Paris Points
Academic 0
Author 65
Influencer 8
Speaker 0
Entrepreneur 0
Total 73

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Company Information

Company Type: Company
Business Unit: Business and Operations Management Consulting
Theatre: Worldwide
Minimum Project Size: $5,000+
Average Hourly Rate: $200-$300
Number of Employees: 51-250
Company Founded Date: 1985
Media Experience: 20+ Years
Last Media Interview: 02/22/2024

Areas of Expertise

Agile
AI
Business Continuity
Business Strategy
Change Management
Coaching
Culture
Customer Experience
Design
Design Thinking 32.94
Digital Disruption 30.05
Digital Transformation 30.01
Entrepreneurship
ERP
Future of Work
Health and Safety
HR
Innovation
International Relations
Leadership 31.00
Lean Startup
Management 33.22
Marketing
Mergers and Acquisitions
Open Innovation
Personal Branding
Procurement
Project Management
Risk Management
Social
Startups
Supply Chain

Industry Experience

Aerospace & Defense
Agriculture & Mining
Automotive
Building Materials, Clay & Glass
Chemicals
Consumer Products
Engineering & Construction
Financial Services & Banking
Forest Products & Paper
Furniture
Healthcare
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research
Industrial Machinery & Components
Insurance
Manufacturing
Metal Products
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Primary Metal & Steel
Professional Services
Telecommunications
Textiles Production
Utilities
Wholesale Distribution

Publications

5 Article/Blogs
Professional Development and Networking using Social Media
linkedin
November 13, 2018
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 the world at large – so you can remain aware and up to date on the latest information and knowhow.

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Tags: Management, Leadership

Transformation vs Disruption
linkedin
October 18, 2018
Transformation… I am hearing more and more talk about how companies are seeking to transform themselves, or that they are launching a transformation initiative. And as expected, there is the corresponding increase in transformation conferences, symposia, articles and books.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Digital Disruption

The Fault Lies Not in the Stars, but Within Ourselves
linkedin
August 31, 2018
I hear all too often from professionals in Continuous Improvement how “Senior Leadership does not give me the support I need”. Some go further by making the claim that “Senior Leadership just doesn’t understand”. And some go further still and make the suggesting there is a conscious, if not curious, effort by senior leaders to sabotage the Continuous Improvement programs.

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Tags: Sustainability, Leadership

Eliminating Waste - Scheduling
linkedin
July 03, 2018
If you ever find yourself saying; “There must be a better way”, I can guarantee you that there is. All we must do is find it. And, once a successful solution is suspected, try it. And when found, implement.

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Tags: Management, Leadership

8.5 “Must Know” Career Tips & Tricks (v.Done)
linkedin
June 08, 2018
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 degree of certainty, that I have made every mistake a business person could make. Sometimes, I would repeat the mistake just to be certain.

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Tags: Management, Leadership

1 Book
State of Readiness
Greenleaf
May 17, 2017
The company of today has its supply chains and finances stretched further around the globe than ever before while simultaneously having increasing pressures to drive value across a complicated and fluid set of metrics and deliver innovations, products, and services more quickly and reliably. The competitive advantage belongs to the companies that can quicken their vision-building and strategy-execution efforts—the ones that can identify challenges more swiftly and accelerate their decision making so they are better able to formulate and deploy responses decisively yet with greater agility. To successfully accomplish this, companies will have to prioritize creating a culture of leadership that strengthens communication skills and emphasizes systems thinking by building capacity and capability that cuts across the business smokestacks and permeates the entire organization.

In State of Readiness, Joseph F. Paris Jr. shares over thirty years of international business and operations experience and guides C-suite executives and business-operations and -improvement specialists on a path toward operational excellence, the organizational capability and situational awareness that is attained as the enterprise reaches a state of alignment for pursuing its strategies. In doing so, create a corporate culture that is committed to the continuous and deliberate improvement of company performance and the circumstances of those who work there—a precursor to becoming a high-performance organization.

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Tags: Design Thinking, Leadership, Management

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