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Reliability: Another Dimension of Quality

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2015 ASA Deming Lecture by William Meeker – Reliability: The Other Dimension of Quality: William Meeker begins the presentations discussing his experience with W. Edwards Deming in relation to a paper by Meeker and Gerald Hahn. 2010, Sir William Osler: Dr. Deming Consults on Quality.

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ASA Deming Lecture by Brent James: Long Term View of the Healthcare System

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2010 ASA Deming Lecture – “Dr. Deming Consults on Quality for Sir William Osler” by Brent James , Institute for Health Care Delivery Research. I wrote a previous post on this blog about a paper he wrote about using Deming’s ideas at Intermountain Healthcare. 2017, Fritz Scheuren: W.

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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

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The intent, intensity and diligence with which they execute that piece of work, and how well they are equipped to execute largely determines quality of the outcomes. In my view, a lot of quality related problems can be traced to gaps in this lateral movement of work. Best, Tanmay By Vamsi , October 15, 2010 @ 2:41 pm Excellent point!

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Profound Knowledge from a Knowledge Use Perspective

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Vincent Barabba presented the 2016 ASA Deming Lecture: Profound Knowledge from a Knowledge Use Perspective. The idea of testing opinions and beliefs is key to Deming’s management system (as it is to the scientific method). 2010, Sir William Osler: Dr. Deming Consults on Quality. 2017, Fritz Scheuren: W.

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2016

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The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010). How to Manage What You Can’t Measure (2010) *. Increasing the Adoption of Management Improvement Ideas in Your Organization (2010). Why Don’t Football Players Just Thrown the Ball Out of Bounds to Stop the Clock (2010). Deming and Software Development (2014) *.

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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

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In one of his conversations found on YouTube and posted on January 11, 2010 (the year following his death), Dr. Ackoff provides the following insight about leaders doing the “right and wrong” things in the systems they lead: Peter Drucker said “There’s a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.” 2010, January).

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20 Most Popular Posts on the Curious Cat Management Blog in 2015

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The Toyota Way – Two Pillars (2010). How to Get a New Management Strategy, Tool or Concept Adopted (2010). Why Don’t Football Players Just Thrown the Ball Out of Bounds to Stop the Clock (2010). No True Lean Thinking or Agile Software Development (2010). Steve Jobs on Quality, Business and Joseph Juran (2014).

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