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Blogged: Put quality at the centre of what you do - A Review of ‘Out of the Crisis’ by W. Edwards Deming

I just read "Out of the Crisis" with the Profound Book Club. I learned a great deal from our discussions and would like to thank all the members of the group

#Deming #SoftwareTesting

https://testandanalysis.home.blog/2026/03/24/put-quality-at-the-centre-of-what-you-do-a-review-of-out-of-the-crisis-by-w-edwards-deming/

Put quality at the centre of what you do – A Review of ‘Out of the Crisis’ by W. Edwards Deming

I bought this book when I was a Test Lead at a startup that made a successful exit. We began working iteratively and discussed how to use the Deming Cycle. It was a useful book for me as a Test Lea…

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John Hunter Mar 18

Excerpts from The Deming Library Volume XXI, Dr. W. Edwards #Deming Dr. Russell Ackoff and David Langford demonstrate that educators can begin a quality transformation by developing an understanding of the properties and powers of systems-oriented thinking...

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2010/10/25/a-theory-of-a-system-for-educators-and-managers/

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A Theory of a System for Educators and Managers |

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doboprobodyne Mar 17

@Doomed_Daniel @ainmosni
You guys would like the Japanese approach which I've read is exactly what you describe. W Edwards Deming describes it in his books. https://deming.org/books/

#Deming #Cybernetics #FeedbackLoops #SystemsArchitecture #Japan #Japanese

Books - The W. Edwards Deming Institute

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John Hunter Mar 17

The Leader's Handbook Study Series

https://www.in2in.org/shop/p/the-leadership-handbook-study-series

In his forward to the Leader’s Handbook Ackoff offers a format to study the book which we will follow in these sessions:

“I suggest a small group of managers or students of #management read each chapter separately but simultaneously, and then gather to discuss what they have read. They should discuss what they agree with, what they disagree with, and, most important, how what they have read will affect their behavior...

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The Leader's Handbook Study Series — In2:InThinking Network

Description: In The Leader’s Handbook , Peter Scholtes offers a comprehensive expansion of Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge. Drawing from his deep expertise in organizational development, adult learning, people and intrinsic motivation, Scholtes operationalizes Deming’s teach

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novaTopFlex Mar 16

Hype for the Future 136H: Southwestern New Mexico

Overview Along the westernmost portions of Interstate 10 within the State of New Mexico, west of Las Cruces and the Doña Ana County line, are communities located within Hidalgo, Grant, and Luna Counties. The county seats are located at Lordsburg, Silver City, and Deming, respectively, with Silver City home to Western New Mexico University and Deming home to the Customs House Kitchen and the Deming Luna Mimbres Museum.

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/hype-for-the-future-136h-southwestern-new-mexico/

Hype for the Future 136H: Southwestern New Mexico

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Sean Fulmer Mar 13

This old Coca-Cola #mural had a similar refresh many years ago. Last year the business owner decided the Coca-Cola company should pay him to keep the mural up. They declined, so the jerk painted over the mural. The last time I looked, what used to be beautiful vintage #art was just a sad empty bulletin board.

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#murals #Deming #NewMexico

Sean Fulmer Mar 13

I love these old brick advertisement #murals in downtime #Deming #NewMexico. This is one that's currently being freshened up by a local artist, I took the photo several years ago.

While slapping fresh paint on old #art isn't quite "preservation", it's preferable to what happened to another mural in town...

https://kdemfm.com/2026/03/12/lee-mural-in-downtown-deming-being-restored-by-local-artist/

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trisweb Mar 12

There are all kinds of ways to help improve #product delivery and product teams. There's not just one shape for an effective team.

One of the major limiting factors in leadership is being too attached to a particular idealism, model, goal, or approach.

Reality almost never matches the conditions for an ideal framework. Real teams are constrained in unique ways. Real people are complex, and team dynamics reflect that.

Flexibility and ability to tailor improvement strategies to the real work is the path to quality. This is the #ContinuousImprovement that #Deming talked about that genuinely works: not implementing a cookie-cutter model that the real team may not be suited for—but understanding the team and their abilities, skills, and limitations deeply, and guiding them to drive improvements in how they really work, ultimately empowering them to improve their work on the ground directly.