In our third "Lens" episode, hosts Tripp Babbitt and Bill Bellows share their interpretation of wide-ranging aspects and implications of Dr. Deming's theory of management.

Topics in this episode include:

• Most popular videos on The Deming Institute’s YouTube channel in 2017

• Video on The 14 Points, with 46,000 views, leads the list, followed by the NBC White paper, “If Japan Can, Why Can’t We?” at 39,000 views

• Commentary on John Hunter’s blog, "Transformation of the Individual and the Organization", highlighting David Langford’s 2012 conference presentation

• Commentary on Bill’s blog, “Learning to Discern – Quality & Quantity” and how quantity relates to a focus on actions and quality, as defined by Dr. Deming, relates to a focus interactions

• Commentary on Bill’s blog, “Profits, Pragmatism, and the Possibility of Possessing “Other Eyes"” and how pragmatism in an organization inspired by Deming management differs from pragmatism in an organization governed by the prevailing system of management.

• Commentary on John Hunter’s blog, “Applying Quality as a Business Strategy at Hallmark Building Supplies,” highlighting Louie Paynter’s 2012 conference presentation

• Thoughts on how to make a difference (with Deming management), from where you are (in an organization)

The October/November 2017 Study Sessions of The New Economics started on Monday, October 1st.  

This podcast features the third 90-minute session with Tim Higgins.

Follow this link to find our overview podcast for this series.

Follow this link to register for the next sessions, beginning on Monday, March 12th.

 

The October/November 2017 Study Sessions of The New Economics started on Monday, October 1st.  

This podcast features the second 90-minute session with Tim Higgins.

Follow this link to find our overview podcast for this series.

Follow this link to register for the next sessions, beginning on Monday, March 12th.

The October/November 2017 Study Sessions of The New Economics started on Monday, October 1st.  

This podcast features a 12-minute highlight of the sixth 90-minute session with Tim Higgins.

Follow this link to find our overview podcast for this series.

Follow this link to register for the next sessions, beginning on Monday, March 12th.

The October/November 2017 Study Sessions of The New Economics started on Monday, October 1st.  

This podcast features a 15-minute highlight of the fifth 90-minute session with Tim Higgins.

Follow this link to find our overview podcast for this series.

Follow this link to register for the next sessions, beginning on Monday, March 12th.

In our 5th episode of Deming Speaks, this 23-minute excerpt from a 1992 presentation by Dr. Deming includes his thoughts on the following topics:

1. Picking the best workers for the future
2. x + xy = 8
3. How are leaders chosen?
4. Selection procedure for hiring employees
5. What would happen if salaries were doubled?
6. How to reward top performers?
7. Does profit sharing represent over-justification?
8. Worker responsibility
9. Joint responsibility
10. How do unions fit into the Deming philosophy?
11. How can lower level employees help management learn the Deming philosophy?
12. Malcolm Baldrige Award
13. Role of a first-level supervisor in a Deming transformation
14. Leaders have a theory
15. Question about Biblical references

Read more about Dr. Deming's work in his books, Out of the Crisis and/or The New Economics.   In our December 2017 podcast, his 1st session with Tripp, Balaji Reddie, from Pune, India, shares milestones on his personal Deming Journey, commencing shortly after Dr. Deming's passing in 1993.

Highlights include:

• Transitioning from a career in manufacturing to textiles to software development to quality management
• 10 years as an Adjunct Professor in management colleges, with a focus on production, operations, and supply chain management
• Attending Xerox's Leadership for Quality program
• Realization that quality is not ISO9000
• First reading of Out of the Crisis, finding Deming management is more than statistics
• Discovering the divisiveness of performance appraisals
• First "Deming Birthday" lecture
• Turning point, reading The Deming Dimension, by mentor, Henry Neave
• Founding the Deming Forum India in January 1999
• Deming Day in India, October 14th
• Deming Prize recipients in India

In our second "Lens" episode, hosts Tripp Babbitt and Bill Bellows share their interpretation of wide-ranging aspects and implications of Dr. Deming's theory of management.

Topics in this episode include:

• Incentives
• Inspiration from Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale
• The Law of Amplification
• Me vs We Organizations
• United We Stand, Divided We Fall
• The Last Lecture, with Randy Pausch
• Ethics
• The Myth of Sales Commissions
• Getting started with the Deming philosophy
• Mentors

The October/November 2017 Study Sessions of The New Economics started on Monday, October 1st.  

This podcast features the first 90-minute session with Tim Higgins.

Follow this link to find our overview podcast for this series.

Follow this link to register for the next sessions, beginning on Monday, March 12th.

In our 4th episode of Deming Speaks, this 18-minute excerpt from a 1992 presentation by Dr. Deming includes his thoughts on the following topics:

1. Goals and the Voice of the Customer
2. Arbitrary numerical goals
3. Applying the Deming philosophy
4. Development of the 14 Points for Management
5. Monopolies
6. (Japanese) Competition
7. Socialism