Tag: Deming
When It’s Easier to Distort the System Than it is to...
I'm often reminded of what the late Peter Scholtes would write or say (often repeated by W. Edwards Deming), where he basically said there...
A Lively Conversation with Jim Benson About “Humane Management”
My guest for Episode #401 is my friend Jim Benson, who you might know as the co-author of the book Personal Kanban (and we...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: Jan 15, 2021
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him!
One more note from...
Amy Edmondson on How to Really Learn From Failure and Mistakes
The main recurring theme in the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast series is learning from mistakes. I've been trying to do more reading on this...
Mike Leigh on Breaking Down Barriers with Lean
Joining me for Episode #392 is Mike Leigh, the President of his firm OpX Solutions, LLC. Mike was one of the contributors, writing a...
Dr. Deming, Lean, and Shifting From Command & Control
Joining me today for Episode #383 of the podcast is Patrick Anderson, the CEO of the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (or "RurAL...
Anti-Racism: A River WE Must Cross
Starting With the Grand-Daddies of Quality
A few years back I developed a blog series titled, "The Grand-Daddies of Quality"-- my goal was to delve...
Operational Excellence Mixtape: July 3, 2020
Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this...
Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients
Health Care Workers Protect Us. It's Time To Protect Them. Great article...
Podcast #368 — Steve Feltovich on Deming and the Toyota Production...
My guest for Episode #368 is somebody I've met fairly recently through his excellent posts on LinkedIn, Steve Feltovich.
He is the president of SJF...
Podcast #366 — Harry Moser on the COVID-19 Supply Chain Wake-Up...
My guest for Episode #366 is Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative. We talk about "reshoring," in general, and why that's such an...
Must Dos and Nice to Haves: Performance Reviews and Continuous Improvement?
There's a very well known cartoon that you might have seen where a caveman offers round wheels to other cavemen who are pulling a...
Sharing Lean Six Sigma Journal Articles on Healthcare Improvement from Ireland
I was honored to be asked to participate in a supplement that was published by the journal The International Journal for Quality in Healthcare....