Deming Institute
OCTOBER 2, 2018
Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. Previously published by Quality Digest. Deming, what do you think about the recent trend towards reducing the number of levels of management?” Before presenting Dr. Deming’s answer, consider the options. Why Deming / Why Now – Thinking About Systems.
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 21, 2018
Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. Ru ssell Ackoff had a profound capacity for using stories to educate his audiences about the basic concepts of managing systems, both in his lectures and in his books. Such thinking embodies the “production viewed as a system” advice that W.
Deming Institute
JUNE 26, 2017
“There is not a day I don’t think about what Dr. Deming meant to us. Deming is the core of our management,” proclaimed Shoichiro Toyoda , Toyota’s president between 1982 and 1992 and chairman between 1992 and 1999, at the 1991 Deming Prize Ceremonies in Japan. One year earlier , in February 1990, Dr. W. Perhaps five.
Deming Institute
OCTOBER 20, 2016
A quote by Meg Wheatley from an interview long after the publication of the book does a good job of capturing the ideas explored in the book: How do you understand a world in which the only material form is that of relationships, and where there is no sense of an individual that exists independent of its relationships?
Deming Institute
JANUARY 19, 2017
In Clayton Christensen’s new book, Competing Against Luck , the authors delve into the importance of gaining a deep understanding of what your customers desire. The book lays out a Theory of Jobs to be Done in a very compelling way. In the book, they explore the example mentioned in the article in more detail.
Curious Cat
AUGUST 4, 2015
As I moved into high school Dad was doing much more direct management consulting (it was also a combination of statistics, engineering and management but the emphasis shifted over time) based on Deming’s ideas. One old method of sharing knowledge I still think is very important and is also very easy – reading good books.
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