Posts by Andrew Stotz

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 variation and integration in your product or service is just as important as increasing consistency and removing waste.

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 episode covers principles 4 and 5: maximize high-quality learning and work continually on the system.

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 game. Instead, they “study results [of feedback] with the aim to improve performance.” In this episode, David Langford and host Andrew Stotz discuss getting honest feedback, how to react, and why it’s important.

Applying Deming’s 14 Points to Education – Points 2 and 3: Deming in Schools Case Study with John Dues (Part 11)

In this episode, John Dues and host Andrew Stotz discuss points 2 and 3 of Dr. Deming’s 14 Points for Management – translated for people in education: adopt the new philosophy and cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality.

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 reducing variation to zero a good thing? Plus, Bill and Andrew share stories that offer practical ways to think about these concepts.