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4 Skills Great Innovators Share by Greg Satell

QAspire

If creativity is about having unique ideas and new ways to do things, innovation is all about making those ideas happen. In that sense, the bridge between creativity and innovation is made from the bricks of execution. One of the key characteristics of someone who innovates is that they run small pilots to test their hypothesis.

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Dr. Deming on Joy of Work, Innovation and Leadership

QAspire

Edwards Deming whose thinking was way ahead of time. Dr. Deming is remembered for transforming Japan into a formidable business competitor through his management and leadership practices, especially Deming’s 14 principles. Deming gave his last interview to IndustryWeek magazine which I read with great interest.

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Experiential Learning, Deming and Neuroscience! I Just had a Geekgasm

Mike Cardus

I came across this great video clip from the W Edwards Deming Institute. JW Wilson presented ‘The Neuroscience of Deming’. Creativity Experiential Theory Innovation Organization Development Team Building create-learning team building and leadership Deming on management experiential learning' Watch the video above.

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Bees, Ants, Elephants, and Crops: Systemic Thinking for Innovation

Deming Institute

In this guest post by John Hunter, he explores how using Deming systemic thinking leads to innovation, when the urge to "just do what we've always done" is strong.

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Great Quote: On System of Management by Deming

QAspire

Edwards Deming , the pioneer and guru in quality revolution wrote the following paragraph when commenting on Peter Senge’s book “ The Fifth Discipline ” and it instantly struck the chord. Organization starts being driven by numbers alone and the human aspects of work (respect for people, intrinsic motivation, creativity, innovation etc.)

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Deming Inspired Innovation in Education

Deming Institute

David Langford presented at our 2014 annual conference on Deming Inspired Innovation in Education. Edwards Deming said: Motivation – nonsense. The aim of the system of education is to provide meaningful learning experiences for youth in it’s day, for it’s future, in order to add value to society.

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Deming Podcast with Doug Hall

Deming Institute

Doug Hall,CEO and founder of Innovation Engineering , participated in a previous podcast on Using Systems Thinking to Power Strategy, Innovation and Growth. He returns to the Deming Institute podcast again ( download ) and he shares his approach for using innovation or leadership to improve management practices.

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