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Change has to Start from the Top – Webcast with David Langford

By John Hunter / July 22, 2013 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. David Langford quotes Dr. Deming as saying “Change has to start from the top.” As David says in the video he struggled trying to get the top of his organization involved in management improvement. And then he realized: You are the top of your system. Change your thinking, change […]

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Support Learning with an Understanding of Psychology and Systems Thinking

By John Hunter / June 20, 2013 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. From The Essential Deming, What Ought a School of Business Teach? by Dr. Deming I carried out a study at New York University School of Business. The Dean of the school, at that time, came to me about 1972 and suggested we carry out a study of students that […]

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We are Here to Have Fun, to Learn, and To Make a Difference

By John Hunter / June 17, 2013 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Dr. Deming would start his seminars with a quote that set the tone for the seminar: We are here “To have fun, To learn, and To Make a Difference.” In that statement you can see the importance Deming placed on knowledge, effectiveness […]

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Find a Deming Scholar MBA Student To Internship with Your Organization

By John Hunter / March 18, 2013 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. Update: The Deming Scholar program is no longer in existence The Deming Scholar MBA students at Fordham University are looking for internship opportunities within your organization. Dr. W. Edwards Deming believed in inspiring people to think differently, ask better questions and seek new knowledge. He thought this was important […]

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Deming’s Ideas Applied in High School Education

By John Hunter / December 13, 2012 / 0 Comments

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 […]

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Dr. Deming Video: A Theory of a System for Educators and Managers

By John Hunter / October 31, 2012 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This Video with W. Edwards Deming, Russell Ackoff and David Langford discussing education. Lloyd Dobbins brings together the comments of those 3. This is part of one of the videos in the Deming Library which explores Deming’s ideas and brings in experts […]

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Deming Scholars MBA Program at Fordham University in New York City

By John Hunter / October 18, 2012 / 0 Comments

By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Update: The Deming Scholars MBA Program is no longer active. The Deming Scholars MBA Program [the broken link was removed] aims to build a foundation for leadership in the new economic age. It provides a small group of highly motivated students with […]

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