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| systems thinking
Podcast with Kelly Allan on Dr. Deming and Peter Scholtes
Kelly Allan joins Joe Dager for his latest Business 901 podcast to discuss the work of Peter Scholtes, author of The Leader's Handbook.
| Dr. Deming, The W. Edwards Deming Institute
Podcast with Joyce Orsini and Kevin Cahill
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Joe Dager has posted, in his Business 901 podcast series, his discussion with Dr. Joyce Orsini, director of the Deming Scholars MBA program at Fordham University and president of The W. Edwards Deming Institute; and Kevin Cahill, the Executive Director of the […]
| Customer Focus, Deming Philosophy, Psychology, Theory of Knowledge
User Gemba
By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. Gemba is a Japanese term for “the real place” or in management terms “where the important action takes place.” The most common use of the term “gemba,” in a management context, is with respect to defining where the important work is done within an organization. Deming organizations, and lean […]
| Deming Today, Education, Psychology
Deming’s Ideas Applied in High School Education
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Mt. Edgecumbe High School, in Sitka, Alaska was featured in the last 10 minutes of the three part series, Quality Or Else, aired on PBS (created by the same team that created the NBC White paper If Japan Can… Why Can’t We […]
| Customer Focus, Deming Philosophy
What Topics Would You Like to See Explored Here?
By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. What topics would you like us to discuss on this blog? What questions would you like us respond to? One of the goals for this blog is to engage the community of readers in sharing there thoughts on the ideas we discuss. Please share your comments on the blog […]
| Appreciation for a System, data, Deming Philosophy, Dr. Deming, Theory of Knowledge, Understanding Variation
The Essential Deming – New Book on Dr. Deming’s Work
By John Hunter, author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality is filled with articles, papers, lectures, and notes touching on a wide range of topics, but which focus on Deming’s overriding message: quality and operations are all about systems, not individual performance; the system has […]
| Psychology, systems thinking
Dr. Deming on Leadership
By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. The title of chapter 5 of the New Economics is Leadership. From that chapter, page 116 As I use the term here, the job of a leader is to accomplish transformation of his organization. He possesses knowledge, personality, and persuasive power (chapter 6 [Management of People]). How may he […]
| Continual Improvement, Customer Focus, Deming Philosophy
Interview with Masaaki Imai
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Masaaki Imai is a consultant, author and founder of the Kaizen Institute. The second edition of his book, Gemba Kaizen, was published this year. He agreed to an interview with The W. Edwards Deming Institute Blog. Question: Did you work with Dr. […]
| Deming Community, Events and Outreach
Call for Papers: 19th Annual International Deming Research Seminar
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). The 19th Annual International Deming Research Seminar will be held 25-26 February 2013 in New York City The seminar will bring together people from around the world, and from a variety of specialties, to enhance, extend, and illustrate Dr. Deming’s theories. This […]
| Dr. Deming, respect for people, The W. Edwards Deming Institute
Podcast Discussing Dr. Deming’s Ideas, The Deming Institute and Toyota
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Joe Dager, Business 901, has published an interview with me in a podcast: Dr. Deming on Lean in 2012. I hope you enjoy the podcast. Download podcast via the Business901 iTunes Store. I discussed some of my history with Dr. Deming’s ideas on management […]