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.

Guest Post – Words Matter: Why I Prefer PDSA over PDCA

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Mark's note -- today's guest post is by my  friend Karen Martin, my guest for Podcast #151 where we talked about her latest book The...

Dr. Deming, Stand Up Comedian

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There is a wonderful two-hour video of Dr. W. Edwards Deming addressing a university in Connecticut back in 1990. There's so much wisdom in...

Announcing Baby Kaizen

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No, this is not a program of Kaizen, or continuous  improvement, for babies. Babies naturally grow, try new things, and gain new capabilities. But,...

Start the New Year with “The Spirit of Kaizen” (Small Baby...

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As we enter the new year, it's a great time to reflect back on 2012 - what worked and what didn't work... what do...

Japan Tour Reflections: Taking Home Lean Artifacts or Lean Thinking?

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Reflecting more on my recent Japan tour (see previous posts) one word came up in my notes: artifacts. One dictionary definition of that term is...

A Panel of Early Lean Lab Innovators

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This week, I was able to drop by the annual Lab Quality Confab event since it was being held in here in San Antonio....

Learning Jazz (and Lean?): Imitate, Integrate, Innovate

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Although I don't get to play much anymore, I used to be a pretty serious drummer (I almost said "musician," but that invites jokes...

Guest Post: Reports of Kaizen’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

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Mark's note: Today's vacation post is from my good friend Dan Markovitz, who normally blogs here.  Listen to my podcasts with him here...

Weekend Fun: LeanMemes.com #LeanMeme Contest Winners

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When I kicked off the "Lean Memes" contest last month, I had no idea what I was starting... I figured I'd get a handful...

“L.A.M.E.” in the News; These Three Articles Get Lean Wrong

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As the creator of the admittedly awkward L.A.M.E. acronym (meaning Lean As Mistakenly Explained or Lean As Misguidedly Executed), one burden is that I...

Two Blog Posts About “Healthcare Kaizen”

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Here are two blog posts that my co-author, Joe Swartz, and I were very happy to see about our book Healthcare Kaizen: Engaging Front-Line...

Labor Day Reflections for a Safer Week (and Years) Ahead

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I didn't have a post yesterday because it was the Labor Day holiday here in the U.S. While I'm not a "worker," in the...
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