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April 2015 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Edwards Deming Institute , provided the podcast Transforming The Organization – With David Langford. In the podcast, David Langford emphasizes why it is best to focus where you actually can have influence and discusses the fact that to transform you need to change the system. shared Influence, Persuasion, and Manipulation.

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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

We learned the quality lessons of Edward Deming, Joseph Juran, and Phil Crosby as well as the lean thinking lessons of James Womack. ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation. His excitement came from a genuinely ecstatic space, not a feature he donned like a mask to attract attention or influence an outcome.

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Who Inspires Your Management Thinking and Action?

Curious Cat

This month Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, asked ASQ Influential Voices bloggers : “who influenced or inspired your management thinking and in what ways?” ” He discussed Paul O’Neill’s influence on his thinking ; I agree that Paul has done some very impressive work in health care. Bill Hunter and John Hunter.

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Applying Dr. Deming’s Ideas at the Lakeville Public School System

Deming Institute

Lisa Snyder, Superintendent of the Lakeville Public Schools shares how the work of Dr. Deming is influencing her as a superintendent and the rewards and challenges of adopting his philosophies in the latest Deming podcast. Lisa will be speaking at the First Annual Deming in Education Conference (in less than 2 weeks).

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Reflections on Dr. Deming’s Hospital Notes – What Has Changed Since 1990?

Deming Institute

I was happy to see John Hunter share the article on the Deming Institute blog last year , along with some context. The SHS journal article starts with a brief introduction, not in the original document, by Dr. Deming that summarizes the key points, all of which are still relevant today. The lesson learned? Many hands go up.

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Jobs to be Done

Deming Institute

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. Edwards Deming’s discussion on truly understanding the needs of customers and also Russell Ackoff’s ideas on seeking solutions by looking at the larger containing system.

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Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department

Curious Cat

Innovation and experimentation become organizational values. Related: Quality Processes in Unexpected Places – Quality Improvement and Government: Ten Hard Lessons From the Madison Experience – The Public Sector and Deming – The System Will Produce What It’s Capable of Producing. Edwards Deming, Philip B.