John Hunter

Deming Inspired Innovation in Education

By John Hunter / March 17, 2016 / 0 Comments

It is easy for me to imagine the power of focusing on meaning in education. We are naturally curious and interested in learning. The education system often beats that out of us, but if you switched the aim from grading to providing meaningful learning experiences you harness the natural desires we have to learn.

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Institute Training on the Job

By John Hunter / March 14, 2016 / 1 Comment

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). “Institute training on the job” is point 8 in W. Edwards Deming’s 14 points for management. Dr. Deming’s management system was focused on creating a work environment that allowed people to take pride in their work by letting them contribute fully. So […]

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W. Edwards Deming and the Leander Way

By John Hunter / March 7, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). 2014 W. Edwards Deming Institute conference presentation by Monta Akin, Kendra Shaffer and Jill Walker: W. Edwards Deming and the Leander Way. The Leander, Texas independent school district looked to focus on improving student learning (not to improve teaching). Those ideas seem […]

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Institute Leadership

By John Hunter / March 3, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. Point 7 in Dr. Deming’s 14 obligations of management: Institute leadership (see point 12 and Chapter 8 in Out of the Crisis). The aim of supervision should be to help people and machines and gadgets to do a better job. Supervision of management is in need of overhaul, as […]

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Images for Quotes by W. Edwards Deming

By John Hunter / February 25, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. We have added images to our W. Edwards Deming quote web site. Each quote has two image styles to chose from. And the images include a link to the page on our web site that provides context for the quote along with links to […]

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The Most Popular Videos on The W. Edwards Deming Institute You Tube Channel

By John Hunter / February 22, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. The most popular videos on The W. Edwards Deming Institute You Tube channel are, not surprisingly, those with Dr. Deming in them. The videos with the most views since they have been added are: Dr. Deming – The 5 Deadly Diseases (1984): 104,715 views (added 6 years ago). W. […]

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Reflections from Dr. Deming on a Foundation for Leading

By John Hunter / February 18, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Presentation by Bill Bellows at our 2014 annual conference – The End of Perfection: Reflections from Dr. Deming on a Foundation for Leading improvement efforts could be advanced by acknowledging self imposed restrictions on our thinking Bill discussed how seeking to eliminate defects (zero […]

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Deming Podcast with Scott Dalgleish, CEO at Phase IV Engineering

By John Hunter / February 8, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. Scott Dalgleish is the CEO at Phase IV Engineering Scott first encountered Deming’s ideas while an engineer at Proctor & Gamble in 1986. Deming training was rolled out to us. I thought it was a really wonderful thing. It provided some very innovative and realistic solutions to solve a […]

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Online Resources for Exploring the Ideas of W. Edwards Deming

By John Hunter / February 4, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. There are many online resources for those looking to improve the practice of management in their organization in a way consistent with Dr. Deming’s management system. The W. Edwards Deming Institute maintains several online resources: The W. Edwards Deming Institute web site, which includes […]

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Driving Out Fear: Why and How by Doug Stilwell and Mark Lane

By John Hunter / January 28, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. This webcast shows the presentation at our 2015 annual conference, Driving Out Fear: Why and How, by Doug Stilwell and Mark Lane. Doug Stilwell provides an overview on some of the theory and science and behind stress and fear. And then Mark talked about what can be done to […]

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