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Resource Management: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 9)
In this episode, Bill Bellows and host Andrew Stotz talk about resource management in a non-traditional sense. Bill explains how managing the variati…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Student Supply Chain and Using PDSA for Improvement Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 12)
In this series, John Dues and host Andrew Stotz discuss principles that educational systems leaders can use to guide their transformation work. This …
2 years, 6 months ago
Whose fault is it? Role of a Manager in Education (Part 8)
When things go wrong, who gets blamed? When things go right, who gets the credit? Dr. Deming wrote that good managers don't play the blame/credit gam…
2 years, 6 months ago
Applying Deming's 14 Points to Education – Points 2 and 3: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 11)
Dr. Deming was a professor for nearly 5 decades, and while most of his examples and writing discussed manufacturing, he applied all the same ideas to…
2 years, 6 months ago
Understanding Shades of Variation: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 8)
In this episode, Bill and Andrew discuss the shades of variation: meeting requirements, accuracy, precision, and precision around variety. Is reducin…
2 years, 6 months ago
Starting the Transformation: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 10)
In this episode, John and Andrew shift from management myths (don't do this) to principles for transformation (do this instead) based on Deming's 14 …
2 years, 6 months ago
Unleashing Hidden Powers for Improvement: Role of a Manager in Education (Part 7)
David and Andrew discuss the three types of power that leaders have: authority, knowledge, and persuasion. David also explains where the current styl…
2 years, 7 months ago
Seeing Through New Eyes: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 7)
Learning Deming is like seeing the world through a different lens. In this episode, Bill Bellows uses various examples to show us how powerful that n…
2 years, 7 months ago
Going Beyond Good: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 6)
If something is "good" is that good enough? Who decides? In this episode, Bill and Andrew discuss how people define "good," what interchangeability h…
2 years, 7 months ago
Beyond Tools & Techniques: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 5)
Data represents raw numbers and information represents the what, when, where, etc. of something. Knowledge requires looking inward at how something …
2 years, 7 months ago