John Hunter3d ago

John Willis interviewed me for his Profound podcast series

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2022/02/18/profound-podcast-john-hunter-curious-cat/

“Dr. #Deming ’s personal aim was to advance commerce, prosperity and peace.” I also mentioned that I have seen software developers, more than any other group, seek out the original source of management ideas...

#Management #Leadership #Data

Profound Podcast: John Hunter – Curious Cat |

Jason YipAug 8
“... teaching of beginners should be done by a master, not by a hack.” W. Edwards #Deming, #OutOfTheCrisis
Jason YipAug 8
“Rules have to be made in advance, for use in the future. Any rule, as a practical matter, must be constructed in the absence of full information about the future.” W. Edwards #Deming, #OutOfTheCrisis
Jason YipAug 8
“Experience without theory teaches nothing. In fact, experience cannot even be recorded unless there is some theory, however crude, that leads to a hypothesis and a system by which to catalog observations. Sometimes only a hunch, right or wrong, is sufficient theory to lead to useful observation.” W. Edwards #Deming, #OutOfTheCrisis
Jason YipAug 8
“A fault in the interpretation of observations, seen everywhere, is to suppose that every event (defect, mistake, accident) is attributable to someone (usually the one nearest at hand), or is related to some special event. The fact is that most troubles with service and production lie in the system.” W. Edwards #Deming, #OutOfTheCrisis
Algernon D'AmmassaAug 1

I also have this rather upsetting case to tell you about today…

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_b7dd83ba-1490-4813-b04e-b1e59e66ca88.html

#NewMexico #Deming #childabuse

Former Deming police officer pleads guilty in child sexual exploitation case

A former Deming police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday, in federal court in Las Cruces, to receiving child pornography in a case stemming from alleged sexual abuse of a teenage girl.

Albuquerque Journal
Jason YipJul 27

"Practically all of our major corporations were started by technical men—inventors, mechanics, engineers, and chemists, who had a sincere interest in quality of products. Now these companies are largely run by men interested in profit, not product. Their pride is in the P & L statement or stock report."

#Deming, W. Edwards. #OutOfTheCrisis reissue (p. 111). MIT Press. Kindle Edition.

John HunterJul 23

Part 3, Improve the System of Quality is a Journey to Excellence seminar by Bill Hunter

https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2025/07/22/quality-is-a-journey-to-excellence-improving-the-system/

#Management #Deming #organization_as_a_system #respect_for_people #Leadership

Quality is a Journey to Excellence – Improving the System |

Jason YipJul 22
“What an organization needs is not just good people; it needs people that are improving with education.” W. Edwards #Deming, #OutOfTheCrisis
Jason YipJul 21
“The possibility of pride of workmanship means more to the production worker than gymnasiums, tennis courts, and recreation areas. Give the work force a chance to work with pride, and the 3 percent that apparently don’t care will erode itself by peer pressure.” W. Edwards #Deming, #OutOfTheCrisis