State of Readiness: Operational Excellence as Precursor to Becoming a High-Performance Organization

In State of Readiness, Joseph F. Paris Jr. shares his forty years of international business and operations experience gained as he has guided C-suite executives and business-operations and -improvement specialists on a journey towards operational excellence. Paris' experience has unequivocally shown that understanding the key elements for success on these journeys are to focus on the organizational capacity, capability, situational awareness, and preparedness that is attained as the enterprise reaches a state of alignment for pursuing its strategies. And 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.

Paris believes that the competitive advantage of the 20th Century organization was found in Process Excellence - increasing the velocity of throughput and making near-perfect the quality of the processes. And that an organization that lacks a command of how to recognize and realize these opportunities for process improvement are surely challenged.

But organizations in the 21st Century operate in a world that is full of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity - a VUCA world. A world where continuous improvement is not enough and the competition is not the enemy; rather time is the enemy. Therefore, the competitive advantage will be found in an organization's operational capacities, capabilities, communications, and preparedness to engage such that success is as pre-ordained as possible.

In a VUCA world, the high-performance organization will be able to convert strategy development to strategy execution with greater velocity, agility, and accuracy. Therefore, the competitive advantage will go to those organizations who;

• Can see further beyond the horizon,
  
• Recognize opportunities and threats sooner,
  
• Devise and deploy a decisive response faster,
  
• Set the pace and maintain control of the execution phase and narrative,
  
• Know and can rely on the capacity and capabilities of their leadership, resources, processes, technology, and value-chain - who have a superior level of "operational excellence" - to press the prosecution of their strategies,
  
• And are "high-performance organizations" that maintain a "state of readiness"
  

State of Readiness is highly acclaimed and endorsed worldwide by industry leaders and considered a "must read" by many. It provides invaluable insights into the critical role of operational excellence in building a high-performance organization. It emphasizes the importance of an organization operating as an organization - horizontal integration over mere vertical optimization - and serves as a practical guide for leaders navigating the journey toward sustained success. Get your copy today.

Joseph F. Paris Jr. is a recognized thought leader on operational excellence; an international entrepreneur; a prolific writer; and a sought-after strategist, consultant, and speaker with engagements around the world. His book, "State of Readiness" (May 2017) has been well received and endorsed by business leaders from highly respected companies - with operations around the world and across industries - and promises to be a definitive work on the field of Operational Excellence.

With 40 years of experience in international business and operations, he is routinely called upon to offer guidance to C-suite and senior executives and business-operations and -improvement specialists who wish to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of their organizations. He is highly valued for his ability to provide strategic insight and tactical analysis—and to convert these thoughts into reality by successful engagement and execution.

Having a focus on improving the performance of companies and the circumstance of those who work there, Paris is regularly sought by companies to help analyze and formulate their strategic vision, to design the tactics necessary to achieve their goals, to identify and organize the logistics necessary to support the plan, and to lead the execution phase. He is routinely called upon by companies and academia to explore and address the challenges and opportunities of today and illuminate and predict those of tomorrow. He is highly valued for his ability to squelch-out the noise and provide strategic analysis and tactical insight leading to successful deployment and execution.

Although he is an expert in the more granular facets of the discipline, he places a special emphasis on the cornerstones for success: the engagement of people and instilling a leadership culture as part of the company's DNA. His end-goal is to help create high-performance individuals working in high-performance teams for high-performance organizations.