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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. Will Duke is Afterburner’s Director of Learning and Development.

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The Next Big Thing in Managing Innovation

Harvard Business Review

So with a decade just ended, it is a good time to take stock of recent developments, and then look ahead to likely future management innovations. To gain perspective, it's often helpful to take a look back at the management processes developed in earlier eras. government, particularly in the defense sector.

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Reflections on the Fabric of the Toyota Production System

Deming Institute

Guest post by Bill Bellows, Member of The Deming Institute’s Advisory Council. Edwards Deming to several dozen executives in Japan in 1950. Years later, in 2005, Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda, Chairman and former President (1982-1999) of Toyota, accepted the American Society for Quality’s Deming Medal.

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