System of Profound Knowledge

The Deming Dimension by Henry Neave

By John Hunter / September 22, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. The Deming Dimension by Henry Neave provides good historical background and then a well presented explanation of Deming’s ideas on management. It is one of the best books to read to learn about Deming’s ideas. The book includes a forward by W. Edwards Deming: […]

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Finding Joy In Learning: Applying Deming’s Theory to Schools

By John Hunter / September 6, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. Presentation by Michael King and Jane Kovacs at the 2015 Deming in Education conference – Finding Joy In Learning: Applying Deming’s Theory to Schools. The speakers work for Quality Learning Australasia (QLA). QLA’s website has quite a bit of useful information. One of the tools they used in the […]

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Transformation: How to Apply SoPK

By John Hunter / August 1, 2016 / 0 Comments

Transformation: How to Apply the System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) presentation by Tripp Babbit at our 2015 research conference. Tripp also moderates our Deming Institute podcast. Tripp discusses Kurt Lewin’s change model: unfreezing – overcoming “interim” and dismantling the existing midset changing freezing – adopting the new habit/way-of-thinking, the new way becomes what you expect […]

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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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Deming’s Management Ideas Evolved Into the System of Profound Knowledge

By John Hunter / January 18, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). W. Edwards Deming spent decades refining his thoughts on management and refining how to present those thoughts. That thinking culminated in what he called the System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK). When people think of Dr. Deming, they often think of the use […]

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Is There Hope…? An Introduction to Deming’s Management Ideas by Eric Budd

By John Hunter / January 8, 2016 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Eric Budd’s presentation, Is There Hope…?, at our 2015 annual conference. In Eric’s presentation he frequently asked the attendees to think and discuss or write down their ideas related to the ideas he was presenting. It is very valuable to have those […]

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Current Neuroscience Understanding Related to Psychology and the Theory of Knowledge

By John Hunter / November 12, 2015 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. Presentation by Ed Chaplin MD at our 2015 Deming Institute annual conference – It Takes An Enterprise: Current Neuroscience and Knowledge of Psychology This is really a great talk that does a great job of illustrating the importance of understanding how our brains work […]

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Deming 101: Discover How Amazing Things Happen, by Kelly Allan

By John Hunter / July 6, 2015 / 0 Comments

“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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The Importance of Working with Suppliers Over the Long Term

By John Hunter / May 18, 2015 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. End the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag. Instead, minimize total cost. Move toward a single supplier for any one item, on a long-term relationship of loyalty and trust. Point 4 in W. Edwards Deming’s 14 points for management Even […]

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Quality Beginnings: Deming and Madison, Wisconsin

By Guest Post / March 20, 2015 / 3 Comments

This post in an excerpt from The Quality Leadership Workbook for Police by Chief David Couper and Captain Sabine Lobitz. While the intense focus on quality movement in the 1980s did not become the dominant way to run an organization like many of us thought it would, it still became one of society’s major influences. […]

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