In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words

By The Deming InstituteBusinessEntrepreneurshipManagement
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In Their Own Words episodes

  • Deming Lens - Episode #4 - March 2018
    In our 4th "Deming Lens" episode, host Tripp Babbitt shares his interpretation of wide-ranging aspects and implications of Dr. Deming's theory of management.

    Topics in this episode include:

    • The Deming System of Profound Knowledge®

    • Destruction of a system

    • Ambitions of profit

    • The best parts often do not create the best system 
    10 min
  • 10 Minutes with Dr. Deming - Higher Education

    In our 7th 10 Minutes episode, Tripp explores questions raised by Dr. Deming about the system of higher education, including what a school of business ought to teach?

    Using short excerpts of presentations by Dr. Deming, Tripp shares Dr. Deming’s proposal for the obligations of schools of business to prepare students to lead the transformation and to teach the theory of a system, the evils of short term thinking, the losses of ranking people and divisions, and the losses of incentive pay.    Stepping back, listen as Dr. Deming asks about who is prepared to present such ideas?

    Tripp closes the podcast with Dr. Deming asking about the thinking associated with assigning grades to students.

     

    If you have comments or suggestions for future 10 Minutes with Dr. Deming topics, please contact Tripp at [email protected] or through Twitter @demingpodcast.

    11 min
  • Deming Speaks - Episode #7 - 1992
    In our 7th episode of Deming Speaks, this 30-minute excerpt from a 1992 presentation by Dr. Deming includes his thoughts on the following topics:
    1. Knowledge has temporal spread
    2. There's no true value of any characteristic that is defined in terms of measurement or observation
    3. No such thing as a fact
    4. Any plan requires prediction
    5. Who is in need of special help?
    6. The foreman has two jobs
    7. Specification limits are not control limits
    8. Student evaluations
    9. Systems and the process
    10. The most important problems in management have no figures
    11. Psychology helps us to understand interactions between people
    12. Learning is a source of innovation
    13. Learning and gold stars
    14. Overjustification
    30 min
  • Deming Speaks - Episode #6 - 1992
    In our 6th episode of Deming Speaks, this 15-minute excerpt from a 1992 presentation by Dr. Deming includes his thoughts on the following topics:
    1. Why are we here?
    2. Where's the crisis?
    3. Quality is made at the top
    4. Responsibility for quality
    5. Why did the Fiero plant close?
    6. Why did the bank close?
    7. Banks and quotas
    8. Independence and interdependence
    9. By what method?
    10. An alternative to setting goals
    11. Management's job
    16 min
  • Deming Lens - Episode #3 - January 2018
    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)

    35 min

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