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Posts by Andrew Stotz

The Courage to Not React

What do you do when a new data point drops—and all eyes turn to you? In this episode, John Dues and Andrew Stotz explore the leadership discipline required when performance data changes.

Fitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 3)

How do you design a team off-site that actually improves your organization? In this episode, Travis Timmons breaks down the mechanics of a Deming-styled off-site team meeting—from starting months early and setting a clear aim to using pre-work, fishbone diagrams, and PDSAs to drive real change.

Where is Quality Really Made? An Insider’s View of Deming’s World

In this episode, Bill Scherkenbach, one of W. Edwards Deming’s closest protégés, and host Andrew Stotz discuss why leadership decisions shape outcomes far more than frontline effort. Bill draws on decades of firsthand experience with Deming and with businesses across industries.

Fitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 2)

What happens when an entire company learns to see its work as a system? In this episode, Travis Timmons reveals how his team uses Deming-inspired pre-work, collaboration, and the Red Bead Experiment to make their offsite energizing and impactful.

Fitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 1)

Travis Timmons shares with host Andrew Stotz how a decade of frustration running his physical therapy practice turned into joy once he discovered Deming’s philosophy and embraced systems thinking.