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Break the Cycle

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. Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. He also had a profound way with words. Such thinking embodies the “production viewed as a system” advice that W.

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Using Technology to Improve The Sharing of Knowledge

Curious Cat

There are many things needed to improve the success of organizations improvement efforts but I believe the right knowledge (the ideas talked about by Deming, Ackoff, Ohno, Scholtes, etc.) Websites (including blogs) are a great way to share information with a wide audience. will help a great deal.