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When Deming Goes to School

By John Hunter / April 2, 2018 / 0 Comments

David Langford explains how “When Deming Goes to School, Learning Takes a Front Seat” at The Deming Institute’s 2012 annual conference,

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Empowering Students to Lead Change by Christine Simpson and Sarah Ambrus

By John Hunter / March 12, 2018 / 0 Comments

Guest post by John Hunter, who founded curiouscat.com in 1996. The video shows the presentation by Christine Simpson and Sarah Ambrus at the 2015 Deming research seminar: Empowering Students to Lead Change. They gave a similar, and a bit longer, presentation at the 2015 Deming in Education conference on Student Led Change. Quoting a student: […]

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Applying Deming’s Management Ideas at the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company

By John Hunter / January 15, 2018 / 0 Comments

Guest post by John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. This webcast shows Bob Browne’s presentation, Profound Knowledge of the Real Thing, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Bob is the former CEO of the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company. Among other things, this presentation is a good option for those seeking an example that provides […]

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Transformation of the Individual and the Organization

By John Hunter / December 18, 2017 / 0 Comments

Guest post by John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. This webcast shows David Langford’s presentation, When Grading Bites the Dust, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. A previous post (Change has to Start from the Top) includes a clip from another talk he gave at the 2012 conference and it is a valuable companion to the […]

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Learning to Discern – Quality & Quantity

By Bill Bellows / December 15, 2017 / 0 Comments

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute “The basic problem anywhere is quality.   What is quality?   A product or a service possesses quality if it helps somebody and enjoys a good and sustainable market.” W. Edwards Deming When our daughter, Allison, was about 3 years old, she joined me for a quick ride to the […]

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Applying Quality as a Business Strategy at Hallmark Building Supplies

By John Hunter / December 4, 2017 / 0 Comments

Guest post by John Hunter, author of Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability. This webcast shows Louie Paynter’s presentation, Hallmark Building Supplies’ Approach to Applying Quality as a Business Strategy, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. I have written about this presentation in 2013 with a few selected clips from the presentation. Now we have added […]

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Instant Karma! and Instant Pudding!

By Bill Bellows / November 27, 2017 / 0 Comments

Post by Bill Bellows, Deputy Director, The Deming Institute The first step is transformation of the individual.  The individual, transformed, will perceive new meaning to his life, to events, to numbers, to interactions between people. W. Edwards Deming In January 1970, John Lennon returned to the UK from a holiday in Denmark, inspired by a series […]

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Tom Rudmik: Thriving in the World of Massive Change

By John Hunter / November 20, 2017 / 0 Comments

Guest post by John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. This webcast shows Tom Rudmik’s presentation, Thriving in the World of Massive Change, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Tom is CEO of Master’s Academy and College. This is an interesting presentation that includes a look at an array of current scientific […]

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Fixing Education: A Model That Works, by Bette Moen

By John Hunter / November 6, 2017 / 0 Comments

Guest post by John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. This webcast shows Bette Moen’s presentation, Fixing Education: A Model That Works, at the 2012 Annual Deming Conference. Bette is the founder and director of Cedar Crest Academy. Cedar Crest pays close personal attention to each student and adjusts the system to their needs and strengths. The […]

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The Landry Principle

By Bill Bellows / October 19, 2017 / 6 Comments

Guest post by Doug Stilwell, Assistant Professor in Educational Leadership at Drake University, originally featured as a post at https://sites.google.com/site/dcintrial2/.    Follow this link to listen to our first podcast with Doug. Landry I am the proud owner/friend of a one year old 75 pound golden retriever named Landry, affectionately named after the former and well-respected coach […]

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