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Category and Continuum Thinking: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 6)

Is quality simply a matter of two categories: good and bad? But then how do you get to “better”? In this episode, Bill Bellows and Andrew Stotz discuss categories and continuum thinking.

Myth of the Bottom Line: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 3)

Is your financial bottom line the true story of your organization? In this episode, Jacob Stoller and Andrew Stotz take on the myth of the bottom line – maybe it doesn’t tell you what you think it does.

The Myth of Segmented Success: Boosting Lean with Deming (Part 2)

Is the whole simply a sum of its parts? In this episode, Jacob Stoller and Andrew Stotz discuss what happens when you divide a company into pieces and manage them separately – and what to do instead.

The Red Bead Experiment: Misunderstanding Quality (Part 5)

What can Dr. Deming’s famous Red Bead Experiment teach us about quality? What happens when you only focus on the bad, and ignore the good? In this episode Bill Bellows and Andrew Stotz discuss acceptability vs desirability in the context of the Red Beads and a few of the 14 Points for Management.

Setting the Challenge: Path for Improvement (Part 2)

In this episode, John Dues and Andrew Stotz discuss the first part of John’s path for improvement model – setting the challenge. Using an example from United Schools Network, John explains their aspirations for cutting chronic absenteeism rates.