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Out Of The Crisis: The Deming Institute’s Response to COVID-19

Deming Institute

Why Deming, Why Now. As events unfold, I (like many of you, I am sure) am thinking a lot about Deming. It’s far too easy to focus on the systemic failures happening all around us, shake our heads and say, “If only people had listened to Deming.” Across the globe, people are coming together.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Deming Institute

SMED your SME journey applying Deming principles – guest post by Luciana Paulise. For more than 10 years now I have been helping people to develop their own Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME). I applied for the Deming grant to learn more about him and be able to implement his teachings more accurately.

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Debriefing as Continuous Improvement

Strategy Driven

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. Turn-and-burn, yank-and-bank; show me how to start the engine and get out of my way.

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The best and the brightest

Deming Institute

Compare the loyalty of the BaB you just hired from another company versus someone who your company helped develop into a BaB. Six years ago, we started tracking high-flying CEOs, researchers, and software developers, as well as leading professionals in investment banking, advertising, public relations, management consulting, and the law.

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How Blockchain Could Help Emerging Markets Leap Ahead

Harvard Business Review

We argue that, like previous revolutionary ideas, blockchain has the potential to help developing nations leapfrog more-developed economies. Edwards Deming). Simply copying the banking systems of the West, which have been built up over centuries, would not have been as easy or as effective for the people of Kenya and Tanzania.

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The Best Companies Aren’t Afraid to Replace Their Most Profitable Products

Harvard Business Review

Since then, WeChat has been constantly launching new services, from mobile payments to booking doctor appointments, from police reporting to taxi hailing, from video conferencing to mobile banking services. Edward Deming , the father of quality movement in the 1950s, believed that what can’t be measured doesn’t get managed.