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Tag Archives: Deming Cycle
Classic Lean Leadership
We finished reviewing the top Lean Leadership posts of 2012 last week and as promised it’s time to look at some classic Lean Leadership. These are the Lean topics posted prior to 2012 but still had a lot of traffic … Continue reading
An Ounce of Action…
“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions.” ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson This quote is courtesy of A Lean Journey blog. Tim McMahon has some great advice there. … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged change management, continuos improvement, Deming Cycle, leadership, lean, lean manufacturing, PDCA, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We Place the Highest Value…
We place the highest value on actual implementation and taking action. There are many things one doesn’t understand
Posted in Quotes
Tagged Deming, Deming Cycle, Fujio Cho, leadership, lean, lean manufacturing, Learning organization, PDCA, Toyota, Toyota Way
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So Which Is It?
Are you responsible for training your team? I do a lot of training and coaching in my role as a Lean Six Sigma consultant. You have surely noticed that the choice of terminology can lead to confusion which is why … Continue reading
Posted in Learning
Tagged Communication, Deming Cycle, Gemba, PDCA, Price Hill, six sigma, Training
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Deming & Your Kaizen Success
Have you created training for one of your teams before? I am in the process of developing training material for a Kaizen Team with a new client. Starting with a clean slate, as I am today always gets me thinking. … Continue reading
Posted in Lean Manufacturing
Tagged Best practice, continuos improvement, Deming Cycle, Kaizen, leadership, lean manufacturing, PDCA, W. Edwards Deming
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3 Ways to Handle Set Backs in Your Lean World
The Harvard Business Review is a great source of information. A recent article by Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer is titled Three Ways to Turn Setbacks into Progress. While this article is aimed at the workplace in general, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Lean Manufacturing
Tagged Deming, Deming Cycle, Harvard Business Review, leadership, lean manufacturing, PDCA, quotes, Steve Kramer, Teresa Amabile, Thomas Edison
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One More Reason to Use the Deming Cycle
[tweetmeme]Regular readers of this blog and Lean practitioners are aware of Plan – Do- Study – Act (PDCA) which is also known as the Deming Cycle. There are several reasons to follow the PDCA formula. Previous posts have stressed the … Continue reading
