Tag: Deming

A Silly Example of Mandates and Threats Not Working

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Cemetery full, mayor tells locals not to die Maybe this mayor has consumed too much Bordeaux wine. But this story is a wonderfully comical illustration...

PDCA at the TSA?

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ABC News: Airport Security To Be Easier for Families? I am probably giving the Transportation Security Agency waaaaaay too much credit here, but this story...

Deming on Education

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If there was any value to the Industry Week commentary that tried to link Deming and Obama, it was that it prompted me to...

John Boyd, Lean Fighter Pilot Part I

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The OODA Loop & You I love examples of lean thinking that come from unexpected angles. Mike Gardner at the TPM Log recently brought up...

Deming Endorses Obama (?)

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Breaking: Deming Endorses Obama - IndustryWeek ForumsA few people have emailed me about this and it's easier for me to comment here than it...

Fun With Statistics, SPC Edition

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To borrow a theme from Kevin Meyer, here's some "fun with statistics," or at least this kind of thing is fun to me, being...

A Deming Impersonator?

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Saginaw Valley Quality Source - Beta ยป What Would Dr. Deming Say?:Has anyone ever heard of or seen Mike Micklewright, a "Deming impersonator?"...

Finding Joy in Your work

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Postbulletin.com: Harvey Mackay: Work for the love of it all - Mon, Oct 15, 2007For all of the complaining we do about the airlines...

Lowest Bidder? No Wonder There Are Problems

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Marketplace: Road construction paved with problemsDr. Deming always preached to not choose suppliers based on price alone. Many companies and industries have never...

The Same Kind of Different Car Company

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A poignant story showed up in the Washington Post during the recent GM strike that hits at the heart of the principle of respect...

Stop Demotivating Me, Lean Style

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CIO Magazine Article Hat tip to Curious Cat for finding this and blogging about it first. I couldn't resist chiming in. The author...

Bad Systems in the News: PHX TSA

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Serious Security Questions at Sky Harbor AirportNew interim security director named at Sky HarborHere's another story from last week about bad systems, and bad...