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The Operational Excellence Society (OES) was founded in November of 2011 by Joseph Paris, Chairman for XONITEK Group of Companies. On June 24, 2008, the Operational Excellence group began as a community of like-minded professionals on LinkedIn and quickly gained traction. Today, the group has over 25,000 members and continues to be one of the largest and fastest growing online communities. The OES was created as a sub-group of Operational Excellence and is dedicated to supporting regional collegiate collaboration, the exchange of best-practices and experience, and generally face-to-face mind-share. It is made up of executives, practitioners in academia, consultants, and individuals who are interested in the pursuit of excellence. The official description of the OES as stated by its founder, "To pursue Operational Excellence is to be dedicated to the continuous and deliberate improvement of company performance AND the circumstances of those who work there – to pursue “Operational Excellence by Design” and not by coincidence."

The OES has quickly become an international society with monthly Chapter meetings held in New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; Warsaw, Poland; Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Munich & Frankfurt, Germany; and London, United Kingdom. Additional chapters will be added in the future. The chapter meetings blend workshops, lectures and personal collaboration with business networking and mentorship opportunities.

Operational Excellence is about increasing company performance – and the circumstances of those who work there – by teaching Leadership Skills and leveraging the disciplines of Lean Six-Sigma. The members of the OES are dedicated to realizing these goals. While the benefits of social media are obvious, there is a limit to what can truly be shared. The OES facilitates bringing like-minded people from around the world together to collaborate and share life experiences. Just as Lean speaks to the value of “gemba”, or walking the process in real-life, there is a benefit, desire and value to taking professional relationships in social media and “making it real”.