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Manu Vora kicked the discussion off with his post on The Gift of Knowledge Transfer Through Technology. My career has been largely shaped by the pursuit of better ways to communicate. Technology can help improve our adoption of better understanding. The rate at which we incorporate new knowledge is still very poor.
Deming Lecture at the 2012 ASA Joint – Quality Improvement: From Autos and Chips to Nano and Bio” by Jeff Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology. Deming’s major insight was to recognize that Shewhart’s idea [control charts, chance and assignable causes etc.], Dr. Wu also points out.
Edwards Deming and encapsulated by Japanese car giant Toyota, whose quality circles, kaizen and takt time quickly spread throughout the manufacturing sector. In a superjob, technology has not only changed the nature of the skills the job requires but has changed the nature of the work and the job itself.” Learning fast and slow.
I would look at how to use technology to connect members to knowledge (and knowledgable experts) they need. It would also be a professional association for quality professionals – helping connect them to jobs, helping them find the knowledge and skills to grow during their careers etc. I am not sure if it can be done usefully.
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. Some are little (pass the time while waiting in line); some are big (find a more fulfilling career). Dr. Deming would talk about the importance of knowing what business you were in.
What I would offer, instead, are some ways to think about the problem, some guiding principles to keep in mind over the long haul of a career: Be realistic about work. Think of it as continuous improvement but with your inner Deming on mute. In my experience, people make it to the top job by working extraordinarily hard.
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.
Edwards Deming : the former an industrialist who equated machines and human beings (both to be managed for maximum output), the latter a humanist who saw the individual as internally motivated to do good, meaningful work. The contrast was driven home by a full-blown reenactment of Deming’s famous red bead experiment.
No technology or rote process can give you the “correct” plan – BUT a solid process for planning can guide you to the best plan for your team and you. Lahesha Williams presents 8 Tips on Improving Your Chances for a Promotion posted at Career Help For Christians , saying, "It's never too early to think about promotion.
No technology or rote process can give you the “correct” plan – BUT a solid process for planning can guide you to the best plan for your team and you. ” Lahesha Williams presents 8 Tips on Improving Your Chances for a Promotion posted at Career Help For Christians , saying, “It’s never too early to think about promotion.
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