Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

2011 ASA Deming Lecture by Roger Hoerl, GE Global Research: The World Is Calling; Should We Answer? Roger starts by discussing some areas of Deming’s work that are not getting the focus they deserve. I also want to talk about Deming’s emphasis on the big picture, the big problems.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 26, 2017

Far too often companies promote employees into management positions and expect them to fulfill the obligations of their new position without helping prepare them to meet their new responsibilities. Managing a software development team is a completely different job from being a great software developer.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Deming Lecture at the 2012 ASA Joint – Quality Improvement: From Autos and Chips to Nano and Bio” by Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology. Deming’s major insight was to recognize that Shewhart’s idea [control charts, chance and assignable causes etc.], Dr. Wu also points out.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. At times, multiple languages and multiple software systems, assisted by translators, might provide a more systemic solution. That is, a more economically viable solution, in which the investment is off-set by the systemic savings. per million opportunities.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 19, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. An understanding of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge provides new lenses * to view the world. And that clear vision can help managers lead their organizations more effectively.

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Curious Cat

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

On the matter of the importance of promoting better management practices worldwide I agree there is a huge amount of work to be done. And there is a huge vacuum of resources for managers looking for information on how to do better. It is much worse when you aim to influence a global audience. ASQ can help fill that need.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 19, 2017

Jim Benson’s presentation at our 2015 International Deming Research Seminar explored how to manage the workload better to improve results. Companies that understand this important idea have a big advantage over those that retain a theory x management system that they believe is needed to control people.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 5, 2017

While my work is usually associated with the term “Lean” and the lessons from the Toyota Production System, some of my earliest learning and inspiration for improvement came from the work of W. Edwards Deming. I do remember my statistics professor saying something in class, in early 1994, right after Dr. Deming passed away.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2015

Management changes, or our strategic plan is rebuffed, or people simply don’t perform the way we think they will. Bruce Harpham of Project Management Hacks submitted Why Showing Appreciation To Your Team Makes A Difference. Follow The Deming Institute on Twitter at @DemingInstitute. Read this to change that.

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Curious Cat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Sports provides visible examples of the futility of accurate performance appraisal. We have athletes who thousands of people devote a huge amount of time to dissecting their strengths and weaknesses and those evaluations are constantly shown to be wrong. Teams are constantly paying free agents tens of millions that completely flop.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 12, 2016

Edwards Deming ( download ). … One of the things I encourage people who may say “I am not in that leadership role” is that if you use some of these ideas, and if you start to think systemically, early on in your career it will give you visibility, and a different “lens” through which to look at the organization.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Edwards Deming. It also begs another question, “If the Japanese so easily understood what Deming was saying, why is it still so difficult for people in western societies to understand?”. In today’s world “Understanding Relationship’s” might be an easier way for us westerners to understand what Deming was trying to tell us.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Skip Steward, Chief Improvement Office (CIO) for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee is the latest guest on the Deming Podcast ( download the podcast ). ” I reflect on Dr. Deming quite often. as active participants in practicing the principles of Baptist Management System in their daily work.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 9, 2015

Doug Stilwell, Superintendent of the Urbandale Community School District discusses applying Deming management methods in education ( download the podcast ). As Dr. Deming said “The people are not the problem, it’s the system. Edwards Deming Institute 2014 conference. Edwards Deming Institute.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

But to enable them for better performance, to make them effective, a system needs to be created. A system comprising of interconnected processes that act as a tool people use to execute their work. In my view, when we create a system, it automatically addresses process, information flow and work flow.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Edwards Deming Institute to make this historic program available to stream over the internet. Still the message in this broadcast on using management practices focused on delighting customers, respecting and involving employees while using data and statistical tools to continually improve is still very powerful today.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 19, 2017

To me this is a great example of extending Deming’s ideas with a great deal of useful content on how to effectively become more customer focused. Some are little (pass the time while waiting in line); some are big (find a more fulfilling career). Dr. Deming would talk about the importance of knowing what business you were in.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

2013 American Statistical Association (ASA) Deming Lecture: Industrial Statistics – Research vs Practice by Vijay Nair, University of Michigan. Edwards Deming: The Story ofa Truly Remarkable Person , by Robert B. Stuart Hunter – Statistical Techniques Allow Management to do a Better Job. Austenfeld.

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Curious Cat

AUGUST 4, 2015

My career has been largely shaped by the pursuit of better ways to communicate. I grew up surrounded by those seeking to improve management (Bill Hunter, George Box, Brian Joiner, Peter Scholtes…). Wikis are a wonderful technology because of how easy they make the management of shared knowledge. will help a great deal.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 16, 2017

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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Curious Cat

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Similar to helping other people grow their careers is the idea of helping other people to solve their problems. The result of a recently interview with me has been posted: How to Lead From Any Level In the Organization. Help people solve their problems. Again, this starts with a clear understanding of your sphere of influence. “It

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

The seminar was on using Deming’s ideas to improve education. I wasn’t in the education field, but I believe what I wrote about earlier: we don’t need to restrict our management learning to our industry. I haven’t managed to get the capacity matrix idea adopted in organizations I worked in.

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Curious Cat

APRIL 28, 2015

I took this photo after presenting a Deming 2 1/2 day seminar in Boston (at the Boston Fine Arts Museum – see more photos ). The organization really should focus on improving the management system so it isn’t such a barrier to improvement. So if your purpose is to improve management you need to address that.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Edwards Deming. He has worked with all major industries over a 40-year career. He is a mentor to senior management. Additional Information Hank has written numerous articles and several books on a wide range of business and management topics. Hank has presented Think Tanks for five U.S. Presidents.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

Gothenberg, Sweden, is a long way to travel from Boston for a breakthrough idea in management — especially one that is more than 40 years old. Berwick’s talk spanned a pantheon of management thinkers to show the audience just how far we have come from Taylor to Deming in the 20th century. Laura Schneider for HBR.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer People Focus - 2010 Management Improvement Carnival Samba Carnival at Helsinki 2009 - Photo by Tanmay Vora Some of my most significant learning in quality and continuous improvement have come from John Hunter’s Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Some very valuable career advice there.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Joel Garfinkle , from Career Advancement Blog shows us how to Take on High-Visibility Projects without Doubling Your Workload. Edwards Deming Institute Blog , serves up Appreciation for a System in the Deming Context. " Edwards Deming Institute Blog , serves up Appreciation for a System in the Deming Context. "

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2015

His career is marked by consistently helping individuals and teams and his company do better. John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement suggests the late W. This is the theme of my book, Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. John Manning of Map Consulting suggests Franklin D. Follow John. .

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