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Quality is a Journey to Excellence

Curious Cat

I recently uncovered this 2 day management seminar that Bill Hunter (my father) recorded in 1985 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In the section of the talk included here Bill discusses: Bigger Picture (economic conditions and history) Introducing Deming (as a person) Quality Improvement as Driver US companies seem to be like a train.

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Deming on Management: Appreciation for a System

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the fourth post in our “Deming on Management” series. Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. Appreciation for a system is one of the four aspects of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK).

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Dr. Deming on Leadership

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the sixth post in our Deming on Management series. Edwards Deming’s ideas. View our previous Deming on Management posts , including: Appreciation for a System, the PDSA Cycle, and Psychology. Blog posts.

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Deming on Management: Education

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the fifth post in our Deming on Management series. Edwards Deming’s ideas. View our previous Deming on Management posts: appreciation for a system, the PDSA cycle, psychology and the red bead experiment.

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Great Quote: On System of Management by Deming

QAspire

Edwards Deming , the pioneer and guru in quality revolution wrote the following paragraph when commenting on Peter Senge’s book “ The Fifth Discipline ” and it instantly struck the chord. Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. are pushed into the margins.

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Deming on Management: Joy in Work

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the seventh post in our Deming on Management series. Edwards Deming’s ideas. View our previous Deming on Management posts , including: Leadership , Appreciation for a System and the PDSA Cycle. Blog posts.

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Deming on Management: PDSA Cycle

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. The PDSA (Plan – Do – Study – Act) cycle was also called the Shewhart cycle by Dr. The PDSA (Plan – Do – Study – Act) cycle was also called the Shewhart cycle by Dr. Deming (and the Deming cycle by others).

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