In Their Own Words
By The Deming Institute
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Interviews with members of The Deming Institute community, including industry leaders, practitioners, educators, Deming family members and others who share their stories of transformation and success through the innovative management and quality theories of Dr. W. Edwards Deming.
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Why Commissions Didn't Fix Our Sales Problem
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Fitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 4)
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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The Courage to Not React
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Fitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 3)
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Where is Quality Really Made? An Insider's View of Deming's World
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Fitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 2)
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Fitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 1)
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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When is Change an Improvement?
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Optimizing Student Learning: Crazy Simple Education (Part 2)
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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What is "Profound Knowledge"? An Insider's View of Deming's World (Part 4)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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A Smarter Way to Set Goals
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Dr. Deming's Advice to Educators: Crazy Simple Education (Part 1)
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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A Leadership Playbook: An Insider's View of Deming's World (Part 3)
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Making Data Work for You
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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A Deming Approach to Real Estate
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Rare Photos and Fresh Stories: An Insider's View of Deming's World (Part 2)
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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From Student to Colleague: An Insider's View of Deming's World (Part 1)
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Mapping More of the Process: Path for Improvement (Part 10)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Mapping the Process: Path to Improvement (Part 9)
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Getting Started with Quality as an Organizational Strategy: A Conversation with Cliff Norman and David Williams
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Powerful Learning with PDSA: Path for Improvement Part 8
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Don't Be Limited by Quality Management: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 13)
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Do Specification Limits Limit Improvement? Misunderstanding Quality (Part 12)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Plan-Do-Study-Act: Path for Improvement (Part 7)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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To Improve Quality Don't Measure Quality: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 11)
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Diving Deeper into Defining the Problem: Path for Improvement Part 6
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Quality as an Organizational Strategy with Cliff Norman and Dave Williams
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Are You in Favor of Improvement of Quality? Misunderstanding Quality (Part 10)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Moving Productivity Forward: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 7)
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Worse Than a Thief: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 9)
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Define the Problem: Path for Improvement (Part 5)
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Beyond Looking Good: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 8)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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See the System: Path for Improvement (Part 4)
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Frame the Challenge: Path for Improvement (Part 3)
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Paradigms of Variation: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 7)
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Myth of Tech Omnipotence: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 6)
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Myth of Sticks and Carrots: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 5)
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Top-Down Knowledge Myth: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 4)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Category and Continuum Thinking: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 6)
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Myth of the Bottom Line: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 3)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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The Myth of Segmented Success: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 2)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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The Red Bead Experiment: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 5)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Setting the Challenge: Path for Improvement (Part 2)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Pay Attention to the Choices: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 4)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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5 Myths of Traditional Productivity: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 1)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Building an Improvement Model: Path for Improvement (Part 1)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Acceptability VS Desirability: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 3)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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8 Dimensions of Quality: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 2)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Quality, Back to the Start! Misunderstanding Quality (Part 1)
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Goal Setting is Often an Act of Desperation: Part 6
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Goal Setting is Often an Act of Desperation: Part 5
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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How to Test for Understanding: Awaken Your Inner Deming (part 22)
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May 22, 2024 |
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Transparency Among Friends: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 21)
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May 07, 2024 |
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Goal Setting is Often an Act of Desperation: Part 4
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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System of Profound Wisdom: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 20)
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Transforming How We Think: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 19)
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Goal Setting Is Often An Act of Desperation: Part 3
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Organizations are Holograms: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 18)
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Goal Setting Is Often An Act of Desperation: Part 2
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Transformation is Never Complete: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 17)
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Goal Setting Is Often An Act of Desperation: Part 1
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Get Off Of My Cloud: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 16)
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Commit to Transformation: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 20)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Start Where You Are: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 15)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Go Beyond Skills Training: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 19)
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Remove Barriers To Joy In Learning: Deming in Schools Case Study (part 18)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Eliminate Management by Extremes: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 14)
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Does Competition Create Wins? Role of a Manager in Education (Part 14)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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The Unhurried Conversation: Role of a Manager in Education (Part 13)
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Eliminate Arbitrary Numerical Targets: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 17)
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Integration and the Taguchi Loss Function: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 13)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Pitfalls of Slogans and Targets: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 16)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Integration Excellence: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 12)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Do You Listen to Speak or Listen to Learn? Role of a Manager in Education (Part 12)
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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How to Break Down Barriers: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 15)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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In Search of Excellence: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 11)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Drive Out Fear: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 14)
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Are You Expecting Perfection? Role of a Manager in Education (Part 11)
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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It Depends! Rethinking Improvements: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 10)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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How to Build Trust: Role of a Manager in Education (part 10)
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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What do training and leadership really mean? Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 13)
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Who Needs Special Help? Role of a Manager in Education (Part 9)
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Resource Management: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 9)
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The Student Supply Chain and Using PDSA for Improvement Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 12)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Whose fault is it? Role of a Manager in Education (Part 8)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Applying Deming's 14 Points to Education – Points 2 and 3: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 11)
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Understanding Shades of Variation: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 8)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Starting the Transformation: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 10)
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Unleashing Hidden Powers for Improvement: Role of a Manager in Education (Part 7)
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Seeing Through New Eyes: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 7)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Going Beyond Good: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 6)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Beyond Tools & Techniques: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 5)
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Tackling More Management Myths: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 9)
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Performance Appraisals: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 8)
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Tackling Management Myths: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 7)
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Managing Mistakes: Role of a Manager in Education (Part 6)
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Is Transformation Needed? Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 6)
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Coaching vs Judging: Role of a Manager in Education (Part 5)
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May 30, 2023 |
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Secret Weapon for Improvement: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 5)
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May 23, 2023 |
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The End of Perfection: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 4)
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May 16, 2023 |
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Learning to Learn: Role of a Manager in Education (Part 4)
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May 09, 2023 |
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Building Knowledge Through Predictions: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 4)
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May 02, 2023 |
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Why Variation Matters: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 3)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Optimizing Diversity: The Role of the Manager in Education (Part 3)
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Making Data Meaningful: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 3)
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Meeting Requirements Is Not Enough: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 2)
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Fostering Cooperation: The Role of a Manager in Education (Part 2)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Growing Businesses in Kenya: Interview with Justin Macharia
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Applying SoPK: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 2)
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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From Taguchi to Deming: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 1)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Define the System and the Aim: Role of a Manager in Education (Part 1)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Confusion vs Clarity: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 1)
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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What is the Difference Between Testing and Ranking Students? Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 16)
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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What is the Critical Mass for Transformation?
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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The Role of Meaning: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (part 6)
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Applying the Neuroscience of Cooperation: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 5)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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The Role of Challenge: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 4)
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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The Role of Support: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 3)
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Who Controls Motivation? Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 2)
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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The Best Way to Motivate: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 1)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Cellphones in the Classroom: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 15)
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Thriving on Chaos: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 14)
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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How to Start Setting Operational Definitions: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 13)
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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The Importance of Operational Definitions: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 12)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Deadly Disease of Employee of the Month: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 11)
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Weaponizing Special Causes: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 10)
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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The Taguchi Loss Function: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 9)
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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The Problem with Standardized Tests: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 8)
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Optimization of a System: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 7)
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Quality is the Answer: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 6)
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Continuous vs Continual Improvement: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 5)
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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By What Method: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 4)
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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How to Track Progress (Continued): Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 3)
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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How to Track Progress: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 2)
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Comparing Deming, Lean, and Six Sigma: Interview with Mustafa Shraim
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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Joy in Learning: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 1)
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Deming Can Be Easily Understood: Interview with Kelly Allan
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May 23, 2022 |
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Kevin Cahill's Reflections on Dr. Deming and the Deming Institute
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Micron Manufacturing with Dan Vermeesch and Brian Hoff
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Alan Winlow, MBE, former Managing Director of Yorkshire Brick Company, Continuous Improvement Director at Marshalls PLC, and 2019 ASQ Deming Medal Recipient
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Jul 13, 2019 |
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Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, KBE, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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Wendi Middleton, Director of Continual Quality Improvement, Aging Adult Services Agency within the State of Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services, and Dennis Sergent, President, Sergent Results Group
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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Steven Haedrich, President of New York Label & Box Works
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Mar 30, 2019 |
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David Langford, Superintendent, Ingenium Charter Schools
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Jan 26, 2019 |
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Doug Hall, CEO and Founder, Eureka! Ranch, latest book - Driving Eureka!
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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Mike Tveite, Statistician
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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Southern Utah University Professor Ravi Roy and Department of Aviation Director, Michael ("Mike") Mower
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Oct 20, 2018 |
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Doug Stilwell, Professor, Drake University
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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David Langford, Superintendent, Ingenium Charter Schools
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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Jean-Marie Gogue, President and Founder of the French Deming Association
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Jun 01, 2018 |
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Kevin Cahill, Executive Director of The W. Edwards Deming Institute®, "Updates and Previews of the 25th Anniversary of The Deming Institute"
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May 04, 2018 |
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Kevin Cahill, Executive Director of The W. Edwards Deming Institute®, "Enriching Society through the Deming Philosophy"
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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Joshua Macht, Executive Vice President, Product Innovation, and Group Publisher of the Harvard Business Review Group, "Recasting Management Ideas"
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Oct 13, 2017 |
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Lori Fry, Business Management Consultant, "Dignity (at work) Project"
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Sep 06, 2017 |
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Francis Petit, Associate Dean for Global Initiatives and Partnerships for Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business "West Meets East - JUSE Trip Report"
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Aug 19, 2017 |
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Bill Cooper, retired Senior Executive, North Island Naval Air Station and retired Deming consultant, "What can a leader learn from Deming?"
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Jul 19, 2017 |
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Phil Monroe, retired Captain, US Navy, Quality Management consultant, former city councilman, current hospital board member, "Back to Basics - Theory & Tools of Quality Management"
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Jun 16, 2017 |
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David Langford, author, consultant, President, Ingenium Charter Schools, and 2017 ASQ Deming Medal Recipient, "Back to the Learning Laboratory"
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May 24, 2017 |
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Ed Baker, author, consultant, and former corporate director, Quality Strategy and Operations Support for the Ford Motor Company, "The Symphony of Profound Knowledge"
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Doug Hall, CEO and Founder, Eureka! Ranch, Leadership Matters - Where's the Joy?
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Apr 05, 2017 |
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Tim Higgins, President, In2:InThinking Network and Quality Engineer, NASA, "Rocket Science, Profound Knowledge, and The New Economics Study Sessions"
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Feb 01, 2017 |
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Skip Steward, Chief Improvement Officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care - From Manufacturing to Healthcare - Reflections on Continuous Improvement
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Dec 17, 2016 |
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Ravi Roy, Deming Institute Senior Research Fellow in Public Affairs and Professor of Public Administration for Southern Utah University
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Nov 27, 2016 |
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TJ Gokcen, CEO of Acquate - "Joy in Software Development"
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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David P. Langford, CEO of Langford Learning, Inc. – Where is all the Joy?
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Jul 29, 2016 |
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Travis Timmons, Owner and Physical Therapist of Fitness Matters and Kelly Allan, Deming Institute Advisory Council Chairman - "From Chaos to Process"
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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Cliff Norman and Ron Moen of Associates in Process Improvement (API) – The PDSA Cycle "Business Is More Exacting Than Science"
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May 04, 2016 |
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Kevin Cahill, Executive Director of The W. Edwards Deming Institute, and David Langford, CEO of Langford Learning, Inc. – "The Deming in Education Initiative"
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Apr 15, 2016 |
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Frony Ward, Managing and Founding Partner of Pinnacle Partners, Inc. – Beware, Not All Polls Are The Same
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Mar 17, 2016 |
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Scott Dalgleish, CEO at Phase IV Engineering – "It Just Made Sense And It Worked"
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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Frony Ward, Managing and Founding Partner of Pinnacle Partners, Inc. – Process Behavior Charts are the "Secret Sauce" to Seeing the World
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Jan 09, 2016 |
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Lynda Finn, President of Statistical Insight, LLC and facilitator for The Deming Institute – A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Data Points.
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Dec 03, 2015 |
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Dr. Lisa Snyder, Superintendent of the Lakeville Public Schools In Minnesota – Moving from Good to Great.
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Oct 16, 2015 |
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Ron Moen and Cliff Norman of Associates in Process Improvement (API) - "I Make No Apologies for Learning"
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Sep 25, 2015 |
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Alfie Kohn, National Speaker and Author on Education - "Students as the Center of Gravity"
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Sep 01, 2015 |
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Jim Benson, Founding Partner of Modus Institute and Author of Personal Kanban - "You Can Have Too Many Manhattans!"
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Aug 07, 2015 |
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Louis Altazan, President of AGCO Automotive Corporation - Realizing "I Was The Problem" Was The First Step To Success
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May 27, 2015 |
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Bret Champion - Students Are More Than Test Scores
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May 08, 2015 |
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Gordon McGilton - It's Not "I'll Believe It When I See It, But You'll See It When You Believe It"
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Apr 09, 2015 |
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Doug Stilwell - "Preparing The Soil" - an Integral Part of the Learning Process
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Apr 03, 2015 |
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David Langford - "Stop Doing the Wrong Thing Righter" to Start Changing the Education System
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Mar 16, 2015 |
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Doug Hall, CEO of Innovation Engineering Shares the What, Why and How of Innovation
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Mar 07, 2015 |
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Dick Steele of Peaker Services - Sometimes it's about "what can't be measured"
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Feb 20, 2015 |
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David Langford explores Education and the Race to the Top "...this too shall pass"
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Feb 06, 2015 |
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Keith Sparkjoy, Co-founder of Pluralsight discusses their Journey To "Seek The Truth"
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Jan 24, 2015 |
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Monta Akin discusses Leander Independent School District's Transformation to "Happyville"
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Jan 09, 2015 |
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Fred Warmbier, CEO of Finishing Technology Inc. and Kelly Allan, Deming Institute Advisory Council Chairman.
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Dec 22, 2014 |
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Clare-Crawford Mason and Bob Mason: Introducing Dr. Deming to the Western World
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Dec 08, 2014 |
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Paula Marshall, CEO of the Bama Companies, Inc. Discusses her Fascinating Deming Journey
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Nov 07, 2014 |
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Dr. Bill Bellows - Collaboration Within and Outside the Deming Community
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Oct 29, 2014 |
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Bob Browne, former CEO of the Great Plains Coca Cola Bottling Company
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Sep 28, 2014 |
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Steven Haedrich, President of New York Label & Box Works
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Sep 08, 2014 |
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Andrea Gabor Discusses Management at Ford, GM and Her Current Passion: Education
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Aug 25, 2014 |
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Dan Robertson Discusses his Deming Journey
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Aug 01, 2014 |
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David Langford on Using Deming's Ideas to Improve Education
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Jul 01, 2014 |
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Kelly Allan Discusses the Creation of the Deming 2 1/2 Day Seminar and Current Activities of the Institute
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Jun 01, 2014 |
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Kevin Cahill, Executive Director, "Growing up with Dr. Deming and the Current State of The W. Edwards Deming Institute®"
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May 21, 2014 |