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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-72; Time Wasters

Posted on May 7, 2022

Video Version About the Podcast What do you do when the co-host forgets to come to the session? Well, at The Outliers Inn, you just roll with it. Indeed, “Mule” didn’t show up so I called upon one of our regulars, Don “The Beer Man” Burshnick to stand in without notice. Thankfully, Don’s a good sport and accepted; provided he gets 50% of the revenue…

Episode 50 – Coming Out Of COVID-19 – Gold Anniversary Episode

Posted on May 18, 2020

Recorded: May 4, 2020 About the podcast Topic: Antlerboy and JP celebrate the 50th episode of The Outliers Inn. The theme of today’s show is “coming out of COVID-19” and we will be talking about our plans for re-entering society after government-imposed lockdowns. JP, being blessed with abundant hair even with his years, shares that his first thing will be to get a haircut and…

Episode 0 – The Outliers Inn – Inaugural Episode

Posted on October 27, 2015

About the Podcast Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Outliers Inn Podcast! Topic: This is the inaugural edition, so please forgive the roughness of it – we promise to get better over time! Pretty much just getting our feet wet, figuring out the technology, etc. Its a bit rough around the edges at times, again inaugural episode, so please forgive the dropouts and…

Episode 48 – Robots, Beer, Cash for Consultants, and Team Effectiveness.

Posted on March 24, 2020

Recorded: March 3, 2020 About the Podcast Topic: The episode starts off rather professional (read dry) with Antlerboy sharing some rather serious endeavors he is launching. He introduces two new podcasts; “Joy in Work; The public service transformation” and “Transduction; the systems complexity and cybernetics” – neither of which pose any competition to The Outliers Inn (not even close). And he also shares another project;…

Episode-58; Changing of the Guard

Posted on January 11, 2021

Recorded: December 20, 2020 About the podcast This will be a bitter-sweet episode at The Outliers Inn. It’s the episode where Antlerboy (aka Benjamin Taylor) announces his retirement from pouring drinks and serving slop as co-host at the Inn. Between his part-time gig at the Inn and his other interests and pursuits (including running his companies, other podcasts that he produces, and writing a book),…

Episode-62; Getting the jab, optical rip-offs, mentoring, and getting back to nature

Posted on April 26, 2021

Video Version About the podcast In this episode, JP starts by sharing his lack of “readiness” for his latest trip to the States when he was called to a project in Florida. You see, he had packed for February and March in Upstate New York (where winter attire is the call of the day) and not Florida (where its darn hot in comparison); forcing him…