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Growing Businesses in Kenya: Interview with Justin Macharia

03/24/2023 |

Andrew talks to Justin Marcharia, Round Table Training Africa’s Managing Director, about his collaboration with The Deming Institute. His goal is to help new and small businesses in East Africa use the Deming philosophy to grow in sustainable ways.

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Applying SoPK: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 2)

03/16/2023 |

Most people come into education familiar with classroom management and curriculum, but the concept of Profound Knowledge changes the way you view the entire field and your part in it. In the second episode of the Deming in Schools Case Study, Andrew and John talk about applying the System of Profound Knowledge to education.

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From Taguchi to Deming: Awaken Your Inner Deming (Part 1)

03/07/2023 |

In this, the first in a series of episodes on Awakening Your Inner Deming, Andrew talks with Dr. Bill Bellows about his journey. He started with Taguchi, read his way through other quality “gurus”, and finally found Deming in unexpected places – solving big problems in space shuttles along the way!

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Define the System and the Aim: Role of a Manager in Education (Part 1)

02/27/2023 |

With this episode, Andrew and David P. Langford start a new series on the Role of the Manager in Education.

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Confusion vs Clarity: Deming in Schools Case Study (Part 1)

02/16/2023 |

In this new series on applying Deming to education, Andrew talks with John Dues, Chief Learning Officer at United Schools Network and long-time Deming practitioner. This is the first in a series of 12 episodes using John’s school system as a case study for applying Deming in education.

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What is the Difference Between Testing and Ranking Students? Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 16)

02/01/2023 |

Are tests like the SAT – and a potential National Merit Scholarship that goes with a good score – the same as grading or ranking students? David and Andrew discuss the differences.

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What is the Critical Mass for Transformation?

01/05/2023 |

How many people need to be “on board” in order to start implementing Deming ideas in an organization? Andrew and David P. Langford discuss Dr. Deming’s answer and what that means for folks trying to make changes.

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The Role of Meaning: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 6)

12/29/2022 |

Your “meaning network” of neurons includes the subjects (like math wizzes) and relationships (like friendships) that are important to you. In this episode, Andrew and David talk about helping folks find the “why?” that intrinsically motivates them to do something.

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Applying the Neuroscience of Cooperation: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 5)

12/22/2022 |

Cooperation is built into the human condition – we don’t survive without it. In this episode, Andrew and David talk about the connection in our brains between intrinsic motivation and cooperation – and how you can use that to help cultivate intrinsic motivation in an extrinsic world (and even make your organization more competitive!)

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The Role of Challenge: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 4)

12/15/2022 |

How do you tap into intrinsic motivation when the assignments (or jobs) are boring or feel irrelevant? Andrew and David talk about the role of challenge in intrinsic motivation, including why being challenged is key to innovation and improvement.

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