Deming Institute

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Lisa Snyder, Superintendent of the Lakeville Public Schools shares how the work of Dr. Deming is influencing her as a superintendent and the rewards and challenges of adopting his philosophies in the latest Deming podcast. Lisa will be speaking at the First Annual Deming in Education Conference (in less than 2 weeks).

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System Deming Proposal Tactics 28

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Powered by WordPress. Quote from this amazing video “A Theory of a System for Educators and Managers” where Deming and Ackoff discuss quality transformation by developing an understanding of the properties and powers of systems-oriented thinking…you can the read the original post from Curious Cat Management Improvement.

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Deming Team Building Constraint Video 98

The Practical Leader

MAY 30, 2012

A major theme woven throughout this study is the power of involving middle managers and key support staff in the change analysis, planning, and implementation process and cascading that throughout the organization. Edwards Deming called “profound knowledge” of how processes and systems currently work in their organization.

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Restructuring Middle Management Deming Human Capital 61

Curious Cat

MARCH 10, 2015

This step is an ongoing process—it is continuous improvement within the organization. Innovation and experimentation become organizational values. You may ask what the role of Quality Leadership was in the transformational process? Step 6: Make continual organizational improvements. Sustain the effort! Year eleven. Year twelve.

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Case Study System Decentralization Management 40

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

In my last post , I argued that you should start process innovation by asking front-line workers how to improve their jobs. Competition and customer demands mean that the most efficient and effective process should always be sought — but finding it requires contributions from the people doing the work.

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Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

In my last post , I argued that you should start process innovation by asking front-line workers how to improve their jobs. Competition and customer demands mean that the most efficient and effective process should always be sought — but finding it requires contributions from the people doing the work.

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Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

New process improvement initiatives tend to start with some hype. Finally: "This may sound like process improvement programs that failed here before, but believe me, this is much better. Companies that practice process improvement have been victims of this hype cycle for decades. Under the guidance of external coaches, the $7.2

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

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 ”. Deming opined that everything that is critical for business performance may not be measurable. Well said, Tanmay!

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Deming Quality Blog Directory 158

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

For a long time, the Silicon Valley funding model has been hailed as a powerful alternative to the stifling way corporate America works. Self-cannibalization occurs when a company chooses to proactively replace one product or process with another that is potentially worth less. Consider China’s Tencent.

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Productivity Products Company Metrics 8