Deming Institute

JANUARY 30, 2017

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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Deming Kaizen System Quality 28

Curious Cat

APRIL 28, 2015

I took this photo after presenting a Deming 2 1/2 day seminar in Boston (at the Boston Fine Arts Museum – see more photos ). So I doubt it would be hard to rethink of whatever I had thought of back then and new technology would increase the possibilities. The benefits they bring are very hard to calculate.

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Conference Innovation Transportation Software 40

Curious Cat

APRIL 23, 2016

Boarding passes can make sense (though I do question some of that whole process conceptually this could be a good example of a app with no functional website). Now there are some times when using technology to provide good service just isn’t worth the effort. But most cases not having a functional website is just lousy Ux.

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Advertising Software Deming Technology 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2011

The first decade of the 21st century brought about an incredible amount of technological advances — Facebook, Twitter, Android, iPod/iTunes/iPhone/iPad, and many other innovations transformed how we communicate, work, and live. Related processes like Six Sigma and Total Quality Management became widespread, as the U.S.

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Innovation Supply Chain Management Six Sigma 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Edwards Deming, who used it extensively in Japan in the years following World War II. Disruptive technologies were terrorizing slow-footed competitors.

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Agility Nonaka Takeuchi Innovation 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The classic method of segregating innovation to a single department, or to a process led by specialists, just isn’t fast enough any longer. What’s needed is a culture in which innovation is the mission of everyone, everywhere, every day. Most innovation methods don’t actually result in innovative solutions.

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Innovation Engineering CIO System 57

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

New process improvement initiatives tend to start with some hype. Finally: "This may sound like process improvement programs that failed here before, but believe me, this is much better. Companies that practice process improvement have been victims of this hype cycle for decades. Under the guidance of external coaches, the $7.2

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2011

The concept of inclusion in business started when Quality gurus like Deming asked Americans to drop the ‘product-out’ mentality and instead practice a ‘customer-in’ mindset. Value creation in every field is a distributed process. Multi-cultural sensitivity is critical for every profession.

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Self-aware Engineering Chief Technology Officer Learning-by-Doing 50

Ask Atma

JANUARY 2, 2011

reward processes and systems, A Value Based Management System has three principal objectives: Creating Value – How the company can increase or generate maximum future value; more or less equal to strategy. Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality; understand that quality comes from improving processes.

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Management CRM Objective Human Resources 40

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Much has been made of the potential for blockchain technologies to open up new vistas for business and society. But is there a way for this revolutionary technology to empower the rich and poor alike? Edwards Deming). How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Distributed Database.

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Marketing Technology Banking Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. Self-cannibalization occurs when a company chooses to proactively replace one product or process with another that is potentially worth less. With the rise of the smartphone and mobile technology, QQ failed to capture new users.

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