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The Deming System of Profound Knowledge® (SoPK)
The Deming System of Profound Knowledge® (SoPK) is the culmination of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's lifelong efforts to define a comprehensive theory of management which embraces his 14 Points for ...
Read More Dr. Deming’s 14 Points for Management
Dr. W. Edwards Deming offered 14 key principles for management to follow to improve the effectiveness of a business or organization significantly. The principles (points) were first presented in his ...
Read More Seven Deadly Diseases of Management
While the 14 Points for Management can be said to express Dr. Deming's philosophy of transformational management, his Seven Deadly Diseases of Management describe the most serious barriers that management faces to improving effectiveness ...
Read More PDSA Cycle
The PDSA Cycle (Plan-Do-Study-Act) is a systematic process for gaining valuable learning and knowledge for the continual improvement of a product, process, or service. Also known as the Deming Wheel, ...
Read More Red Bead Experiment
Beginning in the early 1980s, Dr. Deming used his infamous Red Bead Experiment to clearly and dramatically illustrate several points about poor management practices, including several of the Seven Deadly Diseases, ...
Read More The Funnel Experiment
The Funnel Experiment was devised by Dr. Deming to describe the adverse effects of making changes to a process without first making a careful study of the possible causes of the variation ...
Read More Deming Institute Blog
Deming in Education: 2-Day Seminar in Seattle, 11 – 12 March 2016
By John Hunter, founder of CuriousCat.com. A Deming in Education 2-Day Seminar will be facilitated by David Langford in Seattle, 11 – 12 March 2016 Be a part of our…
Our 10 Most Popular Posts in 2015
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. The most popular post on our blog this year: Myth: If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It…
Chinese Language Edition of Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming
By John Hunter, author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. The Deming Institute has arranged to have a Chinese language version of W. Edwards Deming’s classic, Out of the…
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