Dr. W. Edwards Deming: Still making a difference in 2013
I had the pleasure interviewing Dr. Joyce Orsini, a professor of Fordham University and president of the W. Edwards Deming Institute and Kevin Cahill, the Executive Director of the Institute. Dr....
View ArticleLean Sales and Marketing: Outcome Based Mapping
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of The New Economics, second edition by W. Edwards Deming: A system cannot understand itself. The transformation requires a view from outside. The aim of this...
View ArticleKelly Allan discusses the work of Peter Scholtes
Kelly Allan Associates, Ltd. has been the point of contact for consulting and speaking on Peter’s behalf since 2000. From 1987 to 1993, Peter Scholtes shared the platform with W. Edwards Deming,...
View ArticleDr. Deming – A Difference Maker
In a recent podcast, Dr. W. Edwards Deming: Still making a difference in 2013, I interviewed Dr. Joyce Orsini, a professor of Fordham University and president of the W. Edwards Deming Institute and...
View ArticleIs The Lean Startup a prescription for Lean
When we look at a problem, we should devise the best set of methods that we know of to solve the problem. However, many of us are prisoners of our own tools. How does that happen? It is very simple. If...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Perspective of Value
Lean is considered by many as a product dominant thinking methodology. Lean was based primarily on the Toyota Production Process, which was an avid follower of Dr. Deming. Lean became more...
View ArticleDr. Deming 7 Deadly Diseases plus 2
Dr. Deming and Curious Cat blog author, John Hunter has published a new book, Management Matters: Building Enterprise Capability that can be found on his website. I interviewed John about his book,...
View ArticleHunter on Management Matters
John Hunter has been writing about management online since 1995. He has shared ideas on management via his blog, Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog, since 2005 and recently as the new author of...
View ArticleIn Lean it’s not the Pivot, it’s the Pause that is important
When we set out to improve something we use some sort of process. Many of us use PDCA (Plan – Do – Check – Act) or a variation of it for incremental improvement. When we are looking at breakthrough...
View ArticleBrian Joiner on Dr. Deming: Energy
Dr. Brian Joiner is author of Fourth Generation Management and The Team Handbook Third Edition co-author with Peter Scholtes of published by Joiner Associates and one of the best selling business books...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Brian Joiner
In retrospect, I cannot honestly say why I ended up following Dr. Deming more so than Dr. Juran, or Philip Crosby, who I consider the other giants of the quality movement. I am not even sure in my...
View ArticleWhat would Dr. Deming think of the new Lean Math
When was the last time you had a discussion about designs with more than one blocking variable, such as a Latin Square Design? Or maybe, a midnight discussion on empirical modeling or factorial designs...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Brian Joiner Transcription
Brian was a protege of W. Edwards Deming and has received the Deming Medal, the Shewhart Medal, the Hunter Award, the Ott Award, and the Wilcoxon Prize. In addition, he was one of the original nine...
View ArticleAre we making Lean to difficult?
Many of us that drink the Lean Kool-Aid view Lean as the ultimate business methodology and any Lean implementation falling short of a complete transformation is a failure. If an organization chooses a...
View ArticleBusiness901 Podcast of the Year
Each year, I end my podcast year recognizing the podcast that Business901 listeners and I believe offered the most memorable experience. In the 2013 podcast of the year, I interviewed Dr. Joyce...
View ArticleValue Streams Focus On The More Formal Deliverables
What would Dr. Deming Say? Dr. W. Edwards Deming advised us that a supplier is a partner and our relationships must be based on cooperation and trust. Adversarial relationships result in waste....
View ArticleA Linear Process for Right-Brain Thinkers
Timothy W. Fowler is a visual-spatial thinker who designed President Obama’s Air Force One secure inspection and re-fueling process and is also the founding Director of Super Bowl Champion Coach Joe...
View ArticleTrue Deming, I open up Peter Scholtes book
In 1999, poor health forced Peter Scholtes to retire from conducting seminars and consulting. Peter asked Kelly L. Allan, Senior Associate of Kelly Allan Associates, to continue the seminars and...
View ArticleDoes the Original Seven Quality Tools Still Fit?
Prior to his early retirement, Brian Joiner was Chairman and co-owner of Joiner Associates, a nationally recognized management consulting firm. Prior to Joiner Associates, Brian was a UW professor. He...
View ArticleSystems Thinking Stack – 16 Publications
This is a collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel: Systems Thinking I organized this stack on Systems Thinking and it includes interviews on...
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