Tag: Deming
Lean Management in Healthcare: Patrick Anderson’s Vision in Chugachmiut
LeanBlog Podcast Episode #53 is a conversation with Patrick M. Anderson, the Executive Director of Chugachmiut, the Tribal consortium created to promote self-determination to...
More Proof that Exhortations Don’t Work?
Singletary dropped pants at halftime - SF Gate
Funny story here about new 49ers coach, Mike Singletary, during halftime of his first game.
When his team...
Professor Channels Dr. Deming and Writes "Get Rid of the Annual...
Get Rid of the Performance Review! - WSJ.com ($$)
A UCLA professor, Samuel A. Culbert, has written a monumental commentary in the Wall Street Journal....
Lean Cultures in the Top Small Workplaces
Top Small Workplaces 2008 - WSJ.comToday's WSJ was well worth the $2.00. Yes, I subscribe to the online Journal, but there's something nice about...
Internal Competition Hurts Teamwork? Duh!
Retailers Reprogram Workers In Efficiency Push - WSJ.comThis is more of a Deming philosophy article than a "Lean article" since the retailer in question...
Exactly Right, the Detroit Three Aren’t Hampered by Idiots
Business World - WSJ.com -- How to Save Detroit And $50 Billion:
The Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. column "Business World" in the WSJ is normally...
A Mention of Dr. Deming in a UK Editorial
Robert Heller: Why don't we hang bad admirals of industry? | Business | The ObserverI don't think the columnist is literally suggesting hanging CEO's......
John Seddon Comments on Managing Costs
Business Guru to Share Tips on How to Beat the Credit Crunch
A Scottish business conference will be featuring a favorite of this blog, John...
Video Clip — Mike Micklewright as Dr. Deming
You might remember my podcast with Mike Micklewright, "What Would Deming Say?"
Here is a free video clip of his "An Evening with Dr. Deming"...
Lean and Deming’s Anti-Slogan Views
Earlier leanblog.org post and commentLast week, I posted about Deming's 14 points and I got an interesting question from a blog reader, Brian:I found...
Deming Overview Article in the News
The Whig Standard - Ontario, CAI'm always curious when I see an article like this in the news about the late Dr. W. Edwards...
GM to try to Inspect Quality In After Letting Experience Walk...
GM preps for new hires after buyoutsThis is a particularly sad story. We often debate the proper role of layoffs and headcount reductions in...
