Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

I was happy to see John Hunter share the article on the Deming Institute blog last year , along with some context. The SHS journal article starts with a brief introduction, not in the original document, by Dr. Deming that summarizes the key points, all of which are still relevant today. The lesson learned?

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 29, 2016

Edwards Deming’s 14 obligations of management have opponents that argue the reverse is wise. Some believe it is good to “motivate” people by making them fearful, for example. Others believe in selecting suppliers for the moment based on whoever gives the cheapest quote today. the overall system is sub-optimized.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2012

Let's dispense, once and for all, with the managerial absurdity known as "stretch goals." While it's true that renowned psychologists Edwin Locke and Gary Latham described goal setting as "the most effective managerial tool available," it's also true that no less a thinker than W.E. Stretch goals can be terribly demotivating.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 3, 2020

That said, the spread of COVID-19 is a powerful example of Dr. Deming’s “Appreciation for a System,” one of the four components of his System of Profound Knowledge. Evidence of this can be found in many examples, including the spread of COVID-19. For example, last week I was listening to a local radio program focused on farming.

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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 ). A super simple example is what the Madison Area Quality Improvement Network did with the Hunter Conference (named for my father) over 20 years ago. The benefits they bring are very hard to calculate.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

For example, does the traditional parish structure facilitate or hinder the scenes occurring? For example, would easy access to global digital connections serve to build a larger sense of community? For example, would easy access to global digital connections serve to build a larger sense of community?

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QAspire

AUGUST 3, 2010

Edwards Deming is widely famous for “Deming’s 14 points” and “Seven Deadly Diseases”. One of these deadly disease according to Deming is “ Running a company on visible figures alone ”. Whether manufacturing or knowledge industry, primary goal of business is to generate value. Well said, Tanmay!

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Is faster always better? Might there sometimes be value in a middle ground goal? In consideration of a greater system, is less variation always better, with a goal of zero? What would happen to my body of these goals were simultaneously achieved? Can the same be said for cycle time? Does context matter?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

Edwards Deming : the former an industrialist who equated machines and human beings (both to be managed for maximum output), the latter a humanist who saw the individual as internally motivated to do good, meaningful work. The contrast was driven home by a full-blown reenactment of Deming’s famous red bead experiment.

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Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

And the Fundaments of managing by objectives : Cascading of organizational goals and objectives, (For example, a top level goal of increasing sales by 20% over a defined period may require a bottom level goal of increasing marketing effectiveness or marketing coverage in order to reach the sales set.).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

One example of this sticks in my mind. The culmination was an incident at an insecticide plant in LaPorte, Texas, where, as a result of a basic process safety management failure , an extremely toxic chemical—methyl mercaptan—was released and two workers were overcome. At Cummins, Inc., Focus on leading indicators.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Edwards Deming Institute Blog , serves up Appreciation for a System in the Deming Context. " Anna Farmery , from The Engaging Brand, submits 5 Truths about Profit as a Goal. "We Profit is an outcome of great decisions ,not the goal in itself, this post attempts to explain why.". John Hunter , from The W.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Edwards Deming, engineer and management consultant. “He clearly articulated the importance of building a management system that was effective and continually improving. Unlimited suggests the Biblical leader, Nehemiah, is a great example of all the roles, but fits well as an ambassador. ” – Albert Einstein.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 10, 2019

Deming took this one step further by postulating that every system must have an aim. In nature we see many examples of systems, and the aim there seems to be sustainability. In nature we see many examples of systems, and the aim there seems to be sustainability. Wetlands are a great example of a sustainable system.

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