The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen, and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. This is a world that tries to overcome the innovator’s dilemma by learning new things even when their current strength remains powerful.

Osborne 96

Osborne Development Tacit Knowledge Kaizen 96

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Each time technology advances to allow for collection, storage, and analysis of more data, we have the opportunity to expand the boundaries of the systems that we can analyze and improve. As Dr. Deming would say, “ Without a theory there is no learning.” What is our theory? Theory poses questions that guide analysis.

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Deming System Cooper Analysis 28

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Guy Harris presents Three Power Phrases to Disarm a Verbal Aggressor posted at Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer , saying, “How do you respond to coworkers or colleagues when they are verbally aggressive? A plan is a judgment about the best way to go about achieving an intended goal.”

Blog 218

Blog Leadership Deming Storytelling 218

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2017

This webcast shows Bjarne Wig’s presentation, The Transformation of Learning, at the 2015 Deming Research Seminar. And the third is, apply systems leadership, Deming philosophy of leadership. Guest post by John Hunter. See Bjarne’s research paper that forms the basis of the talk: The Transformation of Learning at the Work Place.

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Deming Education Seminar System 31

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Guy Harris presents Three Power Phrases to Disarm a Verbal Aggressor posted at Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer , saying, "How do you respond to coworkers or colleagues when they are verbally aggressive? Art Petty presents Art’s Weekly Leadership Message: Step Up to Cure Effective Dialogue Deficit Disorder posted at Management Excellence.

Leadership Development 248

Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 248

Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

This webcast shows Tom Rudmik’s presentation, Thriving in the World of Massive Change, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. In a future of rapid change in many significant areas systems must be able to cope with rapid change (in the marketplace, in technology, in the workforce, in the economy at large…).

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Deming Education Conference System 28

QAspire

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I have said this before – any organization that aims to deliver high performance consistently cannot ignore the power of process. Very rightly stated here that: “any organization that aims to deliver high performance consistently cannot ignore the power of process.&# How would work flow? Who will do what? Vamsi´s last blog.

Process 130

Process Deming Restructuring Efficiency 130

Deming Institute

JANUARY 19, 2017

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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Deming Christensen System Innovation 28

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 23, 2019

Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. This is a world that tries to overcome the innovator’s dilemma by learning new things even when their current strength remains powerful. Learning fast and slow.

Competitive Advantage 50

Competitive Advantage Kaizen Technology Learning-by-Doing 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Edwards Deming , "automating a process that produces junk just allows you to produce more junk faster.". While the health care community has taken important first steps , it needs to move in a more comprehensive, powerful, and urgent fashion. While we wholeheartedly believe in the promise, results to date do not surprise us.

Health Care 8

Health Care Benchmarking Insurance Mayo 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Fed by consultants, gurus, technology vendors, and academics, their enthusiasm for a particular process improvement method takes on a religious tone (as I described in my last post.) Also, to signal what TQM guru Deming called "constancy of purpose," choose a name that will always resonate, e.g., something tied to customers and service.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2012

We struggle to provide powerful business cases for improving data quality that command attention and focus the effort. Thus, the second key is to acknowledge that Dr. Deming's famous observation — "the most important costs (of quality in manufacturing) are unknown and unknowable" — extend to data as well.

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Quality Parcell Cost Deming 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

But the world’s best organizations are calling a truce: They are learning how to turn the potentially destructive power of process and procedure to everyone’s benefit. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses. And within many companies, a tribal war is raging between these nerds and everyone else.

Process 8

Process Banking Compliance Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

It took a concerted, coordinated, and sustained reworking of multiple work systems. good pay by local standards in an Alabama plant), and hired outside designers leading to a new approach to design termed "fluidic sculpture.".

Management 8

Management Leadership Deming Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

And once they get there, they find that there is no letup, especially today when investor expectations are higher than ever, globalization has made the position a round-the-clock job, and technology hardwires everyone to work. Think of it as continuous improvement but with your inner Deming on mute. Then try to do better.

Career 17

Career Six Sigma Deming Advice 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2016

For a long time, the Silicon Valley funding model has been hailed as a powerful alternative to the stifling way corporate America works. Many are betting on the new generation of technology firms to unsettle the old guard. With the rise of the smartphone and mobile technology, QQ failed to capture new users.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Company Metrics 8