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When Deming Goes to School

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The video shows the presentation at our 2012 annual conference by David Langford – When Deming Goes to School, Learning Takes a Front Seat. Dr. Deming said your sources of power come from primarily 3 sources. The second source of power is knowledge. The third source of power is personality.

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Deming on Management: Education

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This is the fifth post in our Deming on Management series. Edwards Deming’s ideas. View our previous Deming on Management posts: appreciation for a system, the PDSA cycle, psychology and the red bead experiment. Dr. Deming was an educator for many years. included in The Essential Deming. ). A whole stack of them.

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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

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Stilwell,” she responded, “when am I going to ever use this?”. This was not the technical sort of question I was anticipating and taking a fleeting moment without reflecting on the depth of what she was asking me, I glibly responded, “Julie, you will use this when your ‘real life’ begins.” “Yes, Julie, what can I help you with?”. “Mr.

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The “String” Theory of Systems Management in Schools

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As the ancient Eastern proverb goes, a prince once saw a musician tuning his sitar (stringed instrument). When the strings were too slack, the instrument would not play. When the strings were too tight, they would snap. Only when the strings were neither too tight nor too slack would the instrument produce beautiful sounds.

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Huge Payments to Executives for Good Luck

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A recent Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation article on the finding that: 90 Cents of Every “Pay-for-Performance” Dollar are Paid for Luck. That criticism of the weak explanations provided for why such huge rewards are deserved is in line with what Deming taught. Edwards Deming’s shared.

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Debriefing as Continuous Improvement

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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. Murphy For the last 50 years, elite U.S. Authors James D. Murphy and William M.