Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Read on to learn how procrastination might be killing your productivity.” ” Adi Gaskell presents Keeping in touch with ex companies posted at Adi Gaskell says… , saying, “An article on the importance for both ex-employees and their previous employer of keeping in touch through corporate alumni networks.”

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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. This article, by the authors of the book, provides a good introduction to the topic: Know Your Customers’ “Jobs to Be Done”. We all have many jobs to be done in our lives.

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Deming Institute

MAY 5, 2016

In this post I discuss another wonderful paper by Dr. Deming. Edwards Deming Institute makes this paper, and many more, available on our website. As you would expect from a non-profit focused on promoting the application of his ideas these articles are freely available with no barriers to downloading them.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

I felt like somebody had shared a bootleg tape of my favorite band, as I wasn’t sure the article had ever been formally published anywhere. Since I wasn’t sure if it was a public article, I didn’t share it widely and didn’t blog about it. When I teach at health systems, I always ask who has heard of Dr. Deming.

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The Empowered Buisness

MARCH 4, 2014

Although there are many books about strategic thinking, my focus for this article is on the structure of strategic thinking … the Core 6 characteristics. Edwards Deming, management expert, the “principle of anticipation and innovation — driven by the producer, not the customer — is the ultimate competitive advantage.”.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. A more reasonable starting point might be the 1930s, when the physicist and statistician Walter Shewhart of Bell Labs began applying Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles to the improvement of products and processes. They keep customers happier. They enjoy their work more.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

Imagine you are a product manager at Proctor and Gamble or Unilever and are charged with designing a new line of detergents or packaged food. You cannot presume that packaging is simply a matter of clever design that helps your products fly off the shelves of a super market. Sustainability is part of every professional’s job.

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

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 20, 2015

The linked to article that aims to provides an overview of the essence of Deming’s approach to management and its continuing relevance to managers: The Model of Sustainable Organisation by Alan Clark. A manager, said Deming, is primarily a manager of People.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Self-cannibalization occurs when a company chooses to proactively replace one product or process with another that is potentially worth less. Forward-looking incumbents recognize the need to cannibalize their own products, rather than leaving it to other startups, who are more than happy to take on the challenge.

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