Tag: Deming
A Silly Example of Mandates and Threats Not Working
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?
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
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
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 (?)
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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...