Dr.Deming Archives - Andrew Stotz

A New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 9)

Balaji Reddie and Andrew Stotz dig into Points 7 through 9 of Deming’s 14 Points: leadership as a Socratic act of asking rather than answering, why ‘drive out fear’ is really about removing the fear of telling the truth, and how breaking down departmental silos sometimes means one team taking a loss for the good of the whole.

John Willis: Why AI’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Technology

What if your AI strategy is creating more risk than progress? John Willis joins Andrew Stotz to trace how Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge shaped the way he thinks about organizations, learning, and change.

A New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 8)

What if your cheapest supplier is secretly your riskiest? Balaji Reddie unpacks Deming’s Points 4, 5, and 6 with Andrew Stotz by exploring Deming’s thinking on suppliers, continual improvement, and training.

Are You Learning or Just Staying Busy?

In this episode, John Dues joins Andrew Stotz to dig into a puzzle Dr. Deming pointed to decades ago: “Experience without theory teaches nothing.” John unpacks what Deming meant: experience doesn’t come with its own explanation. It can answer a question, but only if you’re asking one in the first place. Without a theory of why something works, all that hard-won experience just repeats itself.

A New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 7)

In this episode, Balaji Reddie and host Andrew Stotz unpack why one Ford manager’s decision to fire his inspection team missed the point entirely. They explain how inspection can help leaders understand and improve the process, rather than simply sort good from bad.