John Hunter
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Jim Benson, founding partner of the Modus Cooperendi and co-author of Personal Kanban is the guest on this Deming Podcast. In the podcast Jim discusses how to apply Deming ideas to knowledge work. I was actively looking for a set of guiding principles around […]
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By John Hunter, author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. The common objection to seniority pay is, “It’s rewarding dead wood!” My response is, “Why do you hire dead wood? Or why do you hire live wood and kill it?” Peter Scholtes, The Leader’s Handbook, page 331. Peter worked with Dr. Deming and presented at […]
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By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. View Steven Haedrich’s presentation at the 2014 Fall Conference with the embedded webcast above. Steven, President of New York Label & Box Works, discusses their Deming journey over the decades. Give the power to the people that are doing the job. Give those people the tools they are requesting. […]
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By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. Join us November 6 to 8 for the First Annual Deming in Education Conference at the Cedarbrook Lodge in Seattle, Washington. See the agenda. Hear the stories of leaders who are challenging the status quo to create exceptional learning environments that preserves our children’s natural curiosity and “yearning for […]
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By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. W. Edwards Deming enjoyed meeting the local people during the course of his business travels. This photo was taken in Greece in 1946. We have been posting old photos of Dr. Deming to our Facebook page for throwback Thursdays. Check it out to see more photos of Dr. Deming. […]
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“Get out of the motivation business. Create a work environment where people love to come to work and do their work.” – Kelly Allan
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By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. This year The W. Edwards Deming Institute’s conference will be held in September. The theme of the conference is Next Generation Leadership: Disruptive by Design. Join us September 18th to the 20th at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa for the 2015 annual conference. Speakers: Jim Benson, Founding Partner, […]
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By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Motivation – nonsense. All that people need to know is why their work is important. W. Edwards Deming, From a speech at General Motors in 1992: Introduction to a System. The Essential Deming We do a great disservice to our organizations when […]
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By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Paula Marshall, CEO, The Bama Companies presentation at The W. Edwards Deming Institute 2014 annual conference. Her company bakes all the apple pies for McDonalds. When the quality issues were failing to meet McDonalds rising expectations in 1988, she was told to […]
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By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Dr. Deming’s 14 points for management have been put into various specific contexts by people over the years. Dr. Paul Batalden and Dr. Loren Vorlicky of the Health Services Research Center translated them into a health care context. Dr. Deming included their […]
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