Ask the Author: Joseph F. Paris Jr.
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Joseph F. Paris Jr.
With all I have seen and done, under some of the most bizarre circumstances in many of the more unusual parts of the world, the title might be, "The spy who wasn't".
Joseph F. Paris Jr.
My entire professional career, spanning 30+ years, has been devoted to helping companies improve their performance. But I saw that, too often, companies placed too much emphasis on the improvement tools (technology, apparatus, various management and operations methodologies) and not enough emphasis on building the capabilities of their people and the capacity of these people across the enterprise. I came to believe that if you build high-performance individuals working in high-performance teams, a company can become in a "state of readiness" to see challenges (opportunities and threats) past the horizon and, through operational excellence, be able to devise and deploy decisive responses more quickly - becoming high performance organizations.
Joseph F. Paris Jr.
I find something that interests me enough for me to investigate it and then write about it. For me, environment matters. I can write just about anywhere at anytime, but I need to be devoid of external stimulations.
Joseph F. Paris Jr.
As it's April 8th when I am answering this, my taxes. In spite of what some might think, it's non-fiction rather than fiction. Seriously, I am working on the launch of my book, "State of Readiness" and also my monthly article. I will give book-writing a rest for a spell. I suppose its similar to having children; after some time, you forget the pain involved and start thinking, "How about having another?"
Joseph F. Paris Jr.
Write about what interests you. Then write to share, as opposed to for yourself. In this way, you minimize the assumptions. It's difficult for a person who has knowledge to write so that a novice or layperson can understand. The biggest mistake we can make is to assume the reader knows as much about the subject as we do.
Joseph F. Paris Jr.
Personal satisfaction. I like to ponder a topic, research it, and come to some conclusion. Sometimes, I would work backwards; form a hypothesis worthy of investigation then do the research and validate, invalidate, of modify the hypothesis.
Joseph F. Paris Jr.
Ooof... That's why the project took over 2yrs to complete - that and having to digest and implement my substantive editors suggestions (well worth it though). You can't "force" creativity. For me, allocating some amount of "time per day" for writing did not work. A couple of things I did was to get a standing desk, a voice to text piece of software, and a cordless headset. Then I would do a PowerPoint for what I would want to write for that period and "talk the ideas out." I would then go back and fix it all up. I find I do my best thinking when I am walking and talking.
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