Deming Institute

JULY 1, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. Dr. Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) consists of 4 components: appreciation for a system, knowledge of variation, theory of knowledge and psychology. Edwards Deming.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Edwards Deming , the pioneer and guru in quality revolution wrote the following paragraph when commenting on Peter Senge’s book “ The Fifth Discipline ” and it instantly struck the chord. Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. The birth of an organization happens with a technical idea that solves a problem.

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Edwards Deming was a supreme practitioner of quality management. He summarized his ideas in these Fourteen Points of Quality Management : Create constancy of purpose towards improvement. Makes for bad work - and bad management. Non-meaningful slogans are counter-productive substitute for real management.

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Deming Institute

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The phenomenon of "quiet quitting" (also called "employee disengagement") is frustrating leaders and managers across industries. But looking at the problem through the Deming lens means finding workable solutions that can strengthen relationships.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 22, 2014

Edwards Deming was a supreme practitioner of quality management. He summarized his ideas in these Fourteen Points of Quality Management : Create constancy of purpose towards improvement. Makes for bad work - and bad management. Non-meaningful slogans are counter-productive substitute for real management.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 5, 2019

Dr. Deming used the Red Bead Experiment to clearly and dramatically illustrate several points about poor management practices. Real and sustainable improvement on the part of the willing worker is achieved only when management is able to improve the system. Edwards Deming (with video). Edwards Deming.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 7, 2019

This short interview with Jim McIngvale (Mattress Mack), owner of Gallery Furniture, explores Deming’s continued influence on the management practices of Gallery Furniture. Dr. Deming taught us those type of things. The passion Mattress Mack has for customers and Dr. Deming comes through in this interview.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute. Previously published by Quality Digest. Deming, what do you think about the recent trend towards reducing the number of levels of management?” Deming, what do you think about the recent trend towards reducing the number of levels of management?”

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Deming Institute

JUNE 3, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. The PDSA (Plan – Do – Study – Act) cycle was also called the Shewhart cycle by Dr. The PDSA (Plan – Do – Study – Act) cycle was also called the Shewhart cycle by Dr. Deming (and the Deming cycle by others).

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 5, 2019

Dr. Deming used the Red Bead Experiment to clearly and dramatically illustrate several points about poor management practices. Real and sustainable improvement on the part of the willing worker is achieved only when management is able to improve the system. Edwards Deming (with video). Edwards Deming.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 21, 2020

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. Nicholas Fisher, University of Sydney, gave the 2019 ASA Deming Lecture – Walking with Giants: A Research Odyssey. In the presentation Nicholas shared his experience at a 4 day Deming seminar in Australia in 1991.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos by Donald Wheeler is an excellent book on, not surprisingly, the topic of understanding variation. I enjoy working with data and seeking to understand what I can learn from the data. LEARN MORE.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 26, 2013

I came across this great video clip from the W Edwards Deming Institute. JW Wilson presented ‘The Neuroscience of Deming’. Creativity Experiential Theory Innovation Organization Development Team Building create-learning team building and leadership Deming on management experiential learning' Watch the video above.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 7, 2020

We came together, as Deming people, to ensure that we can continue to carry on his work and teachings. FIVE DEMING GIFTS FOR YOU. During the Season of Generosity, we released five special Deming Gifts that we hope you will print, email, and share with others. Because of people like you, we raised $22,987! SUPPORT THIS BLOG.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

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. Why Deming? Edwards Deming. Guest blog by Dennis Sergent, Principal Consultant, Sergent Results Group. I had to learn more.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

Edwards Deming was a supreme practitioner of quality management. He summarized his ideas in these Fourteen Points of Quality Management : Create constancy of purpose towards improvement. Makes for bad work - and bad management. Non-meaningful slogans are counter-productive substitute for real management.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 16, 2019

At some point in your career as a manager, you’re going to have to manage a poor performing employee. Edwards Deming, the legendary organizational psychologist. Deming had a principle he called the 85/15 rule. As Deming liked to say “A bad system will beat a good person every time.”.

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Deming Institute

JULY 29, 2019

Since we shared the “Why Deming, Why Now” video with you last month, many of you have been asking questions about Deming Online. We are so excited to tell you more about this new online learning center that The Deming Institute is creating. WHAT IS THE AIM OF DEMING ONLINE? Deming is needed now more than ever.

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Deming Institute

JULY 29, 2019

Since we shared the “Why Deming, Why Now” video with you last month, many of you have been asking questions about Deming Online. We are so excited to tell you more about this new online learning center that The Deming Institute is creating. WHAT IS THE AIM OF DEMING ONLINE? Deming is needed now more than ever.

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In this guest post Bill Bellows looks at recent layoff announcements from a Deming point of view. Who is responsible for company failures? What is Ford doing differently? What happens when companies target "poor performers" and how easy it is to "do the wrong thing right."

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 21, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. This webcast shows Balaji Reddie ’s presentation, Why Deming? Edwards Deming Institute Conference in 2018. A powerful point Balaji Reddie made during the presentation was that you learn about Deming’s ideas by applying them.

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QAspire

MAY 18, 2015

Having worked in Quality management role for a long time, I could not have afforded to miss insights from Dr. W. Edwards Deming whose thinking was way ahead of time. Dr. Deming is remembered for transforming Japan into a formidable business competitor through his management and leadership practices, especially Deming’s 14 principles.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. 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.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 1, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming Institute offers events for those interested in applying Deming’s management ideas in their organizations. Leading with a Systems View: Deming Management Method for Owners and Executives.

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Deming Institute

JULY 23, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. This webcast shows JW Wilson’s presentation, The Neuroscience of Deming, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Edwards Deming, in Out of the Crisis.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 7, 2019

The 20 most popular post on our blog this year (by page views reported by our analytic tool): Myth: If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It (2015). The Deming Chain Reaction (2012). Dr. Deming Called for the Elimination of The Annual Performance Appraisal (2012). Deming’s 14 Points for Management (2013).

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Curious Cat

MAY 7, 2024

I recently uncovered this 2 day management seminar that Bill Hunter (my father) recorded in 1985 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In the section of the talk included here Bill discusses: Bigger Picture (economic conditions and history) Introducing Deming (as a person) Quality Improvement as Driver US companies seem to be like a train.

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Deming Institute

JULY 3, 2017

In his presentation at the 2015 Deming Research Seminar Joseph Schneider discusses his efforts to apply Deming’s ideas within Siemens. This is useful as this is true for nearly every (every one that I know of) attempt to apply Deming’s ideas on management.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 4, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. This webcast shows Mike Tveite’s presentation, Deming 101, given at the 2012 Annual W. Edwards Deming Institute Conference. Edwards Deming’s The New Economics (page 94*): The system of profound knowledge provides a lens.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming Institute® web site includes several articles exploring organizations that are applying Deming’s ideas. One of those articles looks at the efforts at New York Label & Box. When they started their efforts.

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. 2017 ASA Deming Lecture, W. Edwards Deming – A Kaizen Statistician, by Fritz Scheuren , NORC-University of Chicago. Edwards Deming the man and Deming’s ideas. That’s the way people understood Deming.

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Deming Institute

JULY 25, 2019

Alan Winlow, MBE (right) is presented with the Deming Medal by Bill Bellows, Advisory Council Member, The W. Edwards Deming Institute. Alan is the former Managing Director of Yorkshire Brick Company and Continuous Improvement Director at Marshalls, PLC. Congratulations, Alan!

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Deming Institute

JULY 25, 2019

Alan Winlow, MBE (right) is presented with the Deming Medal by Bill Bellows, Advisory Council Member, The W. Edwards Deming Institute. Alan is the former Managing Director of Yorkshire Brick Company and Continuous Improvement Director at Marshalls, PLC. Congratulations, Alan!

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Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming Institute provides online access to a recording, from 1992, of Dr. Deming’s Four-Day Seminar. Edwards Deming presenting the Red Bead Experiment. Edwards Deming presenting the Red Bead Experiment.

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LDRLB

JULY 7, 2010

W Edwards Deming was an American statistician, considered the father of the modern quality movement. In 1982, Edwards Deming published “ Out of the Crisis ” identifying 14 points for management which if applied would enable Japanese manufacturing efficiencies to be realized. Leadership deming evidence-based management'

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 22, 2016

Most of Dr. Deming’s management work requires no understanding of advanced statistical methods. He was also a statistician and this post takes a look at one of his contributions to the field of statistics: the Deming Regression. The Deming Regression is commonly used in clinical chemistry.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 25, 2016

The Deming Management Method by Mary Walton was a book that served to introduce many to the ideas of W. Edwards Deming. Dr. Deming wrote an introduction to the book, including these words: In the decade after the War [the Second World War], the rest of the world was devastated. The book was published in 1988.

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