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Why Deming / Why Now / Working to transform “our” system

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Edwards Deming was the NBC Special (termed a “Whitepaper”), “If Japan Can, Why Can’t We?” His questions within resonated with me immediately, as I was a new supervisor for Bell Telephone. What can we do to work smarter, not harder?” Why Deming? Edwards Deming. I had to learn more.

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Deming Company was Ahead of COVID-19

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We recently sat down with Dick Steele, Chairman of Peaker Services and Deming Institute Trustee, to talk about how his company is adapting to the new reality of how to keep an industry functioning – and employees safe – during a pandemic. They began the transformation to a Deming organization over 30 years ago. We get audited.

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3rd Edition of The New Economics Has Been Released

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Edwards Deming Institute® and W. Edwards Deming’s grandson). This new 3rd Edition (published 25 years after the 1st edition) also includes a new chapter by Kelly Allan : “Why Deming? … Why Now More than Ever?” Edwards Deming has also been published. The chapters written by W.

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Leading From the Top (Part II) – Transforming Our Thinking

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In Leading from the Top Part I, I described how one leader transformed in his first weeks at the Detroit Medical Center (DMC). Mike Duggan, now the mayor of Detroit, told a great story of how he discovered that he was the culprit responsible for wide ranging problems in the hospital system. Ask “Why” – until you can’t anymore.

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Why Deming / Why Now

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Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. Previously published by Quality Digest. As for me, it was not the answer I had anticipated, nor the direction I had expected Dr. Deming to move. Given a specific situation or system (which includes one’s level of thinking), one would need an appropriate number of levels.

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The Neuroscience of Deming by JW Wilson

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This webcast shows JW Wilson’s presentation, The Neuroscience of Deming, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Now we have the full presentation on our YouTube channel: Long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy is required of any management that seeks transformation. This is so important.

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Manage Costs, Variation, and Waste – Mind the Choices

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As noted in my June 26 th post, “It Depends…” , when asked in February 1990 about the trend towards reducing the number of levels of management in organizations, Dr. Deming answered, in his usual Socratic fashion: “Why have more levels than you need?”.

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