Tag: Deming

W. Edwards Deming: Leadership, Quality, and Continuous Improvement

W. Edwards Deming’s ideas about leadership, systems, variation, and psychology continue to shape how organizations pursue quality and improvement. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections exploring Deming’s teachings—and how they apply to Lean, healthcare, management, and continuous improvement today. Many of these posts challenge common misinterpretations of Deming’s work, emphasizing that quality cannot be delegated and that improvement starts with leadership.

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 13th, 2023

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Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 16th, 2022

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Rich Sheridan, CEO Of Menlo Innovations, On Eliminating Fear And Increasing...

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My guest for Episode #448 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Rich Sheridan, co-founder, CEO and "Chief Storyteller" of Menlo Innovations, a software and IT consulting firm...

The Book “Rivethead” and GM’s Demeaning “Quality Cat” Mascot

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I've updated and am republishing an old 2005 blog post that I wrote about a former GM assembly worker, Ben Hamper, who has some...

John Dues on Continual Improvement, Deming, and Process Behavior Charts in...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #441 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is John Dues, an accomplished...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: February 18, 2022

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources,...

The NBA’s Steph Curry, the Taguchi Loss Function, and Deming’s Funnel...

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The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article back in November 2020: Stephen Curry's Scientific Quest for the Perfect Shot The links I've used should allow...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: December 3, 2021

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Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources,...

If Dolphins Game the System, What Are Your Employees Doing?

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TL;DR: Dolphins gaming rewards illustrate a core Lean lesson: behavior follows system design. In organizations, quotas and incentives combined with fear lead to gaming...

When It’s Easier to Distort the System Than it is to...

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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”

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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

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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...
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