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Why Dr. Deming’s Work is So Important to Me

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming. I don’t think I learned anything about Deming or his work as an undergraduate Industrial Engineering student from 1991 to 1995. I do remember my statistics professor saying something in class, in early 1994, right after Dr. Deming passed away. Why had I heard of Dr. Deming?

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

Deming Institute

To that end, Dr. Deming might well ask, “By what method” can we determine the “right” things to do? Vision : Decorah Community School District will be a collaborative, innovative, learning-centered organization empowering students to embrace their personal strengths and create their future. New York: Riverside Books. References.

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Adaptation of the 14 Points to Medical Service

Deming Institute

Deming’s 14 points for management have been put into various specific contexts by people over the years. Dr. Deming included their work in Out of Crisis, pages 201-202: 6. Provide operational definitions of all jobs. Restructure training. Develop the concept of tutors. Develop the concept of tutors.

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The Failure of “The Livonia Philosophy” at my GM Plant

Deming Institute

General Motors wasn’t my ideal workplace after having read Deming’s Out of the Crisis and learning a bit about Lean manufacturing in college. If possible, I wanted to work in something closer to the Deming environment. I was told that Dr. Deming had taught some workshops within GM, particularly the Powertrain division in the 1980s.

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The Secret History of Agile Innovation

Harvard Business Review

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Edwards Deming, who used it extensively in Japan in the years following World War II. Of course, Sutherland and Schwaber weren’t alone in their search for innovative methods. They keep customers happier. They enjoy their work more.

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Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department

Curious Cat

Innovation and experimentation become organizational values. Field operations are decentralized into four areas of the city – central, south, east, north and west. Operating the department based on the Principles of Quality Leadership. This is his fourth book on improving policing and he authors a blog: Improving Police.

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News Flash: Innovation Is No Longer Just a Specialist’s Job. Now Here’s How to Involve Your Whole Workforce Instead

Strategy Driven

The classic method of segregating innovation to a single department, or to a process led by specialists, just isn’t fast enough any longer. What’s needed is a culture in which innovation is the mission of everyone, everywhere, every day. Most innovation methods don’t actually result in innovative solutions.