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A place where respectful irreverence and self deprecating humor is the order of the day...

From all walks of life

Welcome to The Outliers Inn; a podcast where respectful irreverence and self-deprecating humor is the order of the day! It’s a place where we can be a lot less serious about ourselves, what we do, what our businesses do, and the manner in which they do it. The Outliers Inn is always serving up juicy morsels, treats, and tidbits – but you have to bring your own legal beverage of choice.

Whether you are in finance, sales, logistics, production. operations, human resources. facilities management. information technology – whatever your role might be – business people are always taking themselves too seriously – or are taken too seriously by others.

All that ends here.

We are welcoming, inclusive, and open to all comers and invited guests. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and experiences to keep the conversations fresh and rich with wisdom. And we strive to create a warm, casual and safe environment; so come as you are and be who you are.

Some of the banter is fun and refreshing, some of it is rather flat and stale. In any case, it’s always genuine. Whatever you choose, we’ll provide reliably amateur and random input which will occasionally leave the conversation obfuscated and declarified. The show is recorded, not live – and we eagerly await your moment in the glare of the audio spotlight to share what’s on your mind.

Meet the hosts

Joseph “JP” Paris

JP is a thought leader and prolific writer on the subject of Operational Excellence, highly valued for his ability to provide strategic analysis and tactical insight. He’s also a clown that likes to be easily amused whenever time is not the enemy. Hah!

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David “Mule” Schneider

Mule is an outlier. After 22 years in retail Supply Chain Management, Mule launched his small supply chain consulting “Enterprise” into the 2008 financial melt’s stormy waters. Thirteen years and 80+ clients later, Mule has stories to share.

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Take your pick from our selection of stand-out episodes to listen to in advance of subscribing…

Episode 3 – The Outliers Inn – Financial Services Across the Spectrum

Posted on January 19, 2016

Topic: Every day we read about finance and doing mega-deals, but what about finance for the average business owner? Most start-ups rely on credit-cards, but did you know there are avenues other than credit-cards? For instance, consider the valuable, yet obscure, role that pawn-shops might play – beyond “Pawn Stars”. And then there are the nuances of engaging in finance in different parts of the…

Episode 2 – The Outliers Inn – Organizational Change: Past, Present, and Future

Posted on December 22, 2015

Topic: Who changes the change? Are we in a radical new era of thinking about organisations, or is it plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose? Are we any better now at managing organisations – and managing change and transformation – than we were forty years ago? Or should we just stop stuffing it up? The boys chew the fat… Hosts: Joseph Paris, Founder of the…

Episode 25 – Storm & Richard

Posted on December 1, 2017

Topic: A Canadian with a store called, Uncle Sam’s and an ambidextrous artist known for her “Cool People” walk into a bar. Neither drink – but alas drink in LIFE! Together, they meet to discuss their downtown, New York City take-over. Richard, the mayor of 8th Street joins Storm, the new creative innovator on the block. Both with history of dreaming and executing, the natural-born entrepreneurs embark in co-naming their Street…

Episode 12 – Game Theory

Posted on November 14, 2016

Topic: It’s all fun and games until… you hit a Nash equilibium. JP and Antlerboy explore the games people (and organisations) play, going from Stratego to politics to framing, re-framing, and how to challenge the rules of the game. If that sounds a little dry, wait ’til you hear our crazy audio problems – Benjamin’s never-ending quest to purchase better recording equipment goes, as ever,…

Episode 37 – Paul Conneely – All the world’s a stage

Posted on April 24, 2019

Topic: It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to hoover it. What can improv and performing comedy tell us about learning and collaboration? After discovering several contacts in common, JP and Benjamin are joined by the Public Service Transformation Academy’s Paul Conneely to talk insights from his past forays into improv and comedy and their applicability to the developing collaborate and innovate teams Hosts: Joseph…

Episode 6 – The Outliers Inn – Change That Matters

Posted on April 19, 2016

Topic: Change that matters – Mike Staresinic has experience in engineering, the arts – and in fomenting revolution – strictly nonviolent. He spent 25 years overseas supporting civil society and nonviolent resistance. He helps nations, organizations, and leaders adapt to an ever-accelerating pace of change. Bringing it all back home, he’s started to find himself thinking about the kind of city and community that people want to live in. The boys talk…