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Order out of Chaos
ORDER can emerge out of Chaos INFORMATION informs us and forms us RELATIONSHIPS are all there is VISION is an invisible, organizing field VALUES support and guide our journey In order to thrive in a world of change and chaos we will need to: Accept CHAOS as an essential process...
Innovation vs. Aggregation
Read Article as PDF An Exercise in Profound Theory, created by & Compliments of Marshall Thurber & Matthew Cross Case Study 1 TV Guide was purchased in l987 by media empire builder Rupert Murdoch for more than $2 billion. This publication is essentially nothing more than a well-packaged listing of...
Beyond Benchmarking to Innovation
Read Article as PDF From Imitation to Innovation You know there are things in your business you can improve. You also know that you need to continuously improve in order to stay competitive and grow, if for no other reason than to stay ahead in your market. And, you know...
Tactics for Innovation
Read Article as PDF How to introduce new ideas, services & products so people will better accept them, by Joel Barker (“Mr. Paradigm”), as inspired by Prof. James Bright These tactics are not traditional salesmanship steps or clever marketing. By determining how well their innovation fits the end users (customers)...
Insights from Leading Edge Science
Read Article as PDF Perception shapes reality. This is more than a New Age catch phrase or self-help platitude. It’s confirmed by quantum mechanics – the study of the atomic world. It’s also verified through everyday experience ranging from the regular labeling of children in school to research on the placebo...
Secret Power of Chaos
Read Article as PDF Some see things as they are and ask, why? I dream things that never were and ask, why not? George Bernard Shaw, often quoted by Robert F. Kennedy Has any part of your life or business been out of balance or overly filled with chaos lately? If...
Flying Healthy Strategies
Read Article as PDF FLY HEALTHY & ARRIVE REFRESHED NOTE: The following ideas are not meant to treat or diagnose any medical condition or disease and are provided for educational purposes only. Consult your physician or health care professional before trying any of these healthy air travel ideas. 1. HYDRATION ...
Roots of Quality Dr. Deming
Read Article as PDF Renewing American Civilization THE AMERICAN ROOTS OF DEMING AND QUALITY By Dr. Barbara B. Lawton, Ph.D. ~ Dr. Lawton is a Senior Fellow at The Progress & Freedom Foundation and a longtime colleague of W. Edwards Deming. Dr. Lawton wishes to acknowledge her debt to a key associate, Dr....
System Flow vs. Top Down
Read Article as PDF The traditional/old theory of an organization: TOP-DOWN “Command/Control“ It doesn’t describe or portray the organization as a flow of integrated processes within one overall system It doesn’t portray the interdependence of the various functional/process areas within the overall organization system It over-emphasizes individual accountability rather than...
PASS Cycle (Plan-Act-Study-Select)
Read Article as PDF The PASS Cycle™ for Optimal Learning, Continuous Improvement, Growth and High Achievement Leadership Alliance’s PASS Cycle (Plan, Act, Study, Select): An open-loop cycle for robust continuous learning, improvement, innovation and growth. The PASS cycle was designed by Leadership Alliance founder Matthew Cross, inspired by Dr. W. Edwards...
Leadership Alliance Quality Process
Read Article as PDF Key Operating Principles for Optimal Long-! Term Results include: • Align on and act from your core Values, Vision & Leadership Theory. • Communicate “Above the Line:” No Shaming, Blaming, Justifying or Denial: take Responsibility for your actions & communication. Learn and practice Deming’s System of Profound...
The One Hundred Best Deming Quotations
Read Article as PDF Everyone is a customer for somebody, or a supplier to somebody. 1 Deming’s First Theorem: “Nobody gives a hoot about profit.” 2 Deming’s Second Theorem: “We are being ruined by best efforts.” 3 Information is not knowledge. Knowledge comes from theory. 4 There is an excuse...
Dr. W. Edwards Deming – The Einstein of Business
Read Article as PDF There is no substitute for knowledge. – Dr. W. Edwards Deming Mirror, mirror, on the wall; give us the theory before the ball… -An employee in a company using the Deming Method of True Quality Management When Galileo studied a common house fly under a magnifying glass, he...
Dr. Deming’s Gifts
Read Article as PDF Dr. Deming’s original, breakthrough leadership and quality innovations that transformed Japan starting in 1950 and that continue to transform the world By Clare Crawford-Mason QUALITY COSTS LESS THAN QUANTITY AND DELIVERS GREATER QUANTITY $$$/RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI) Quality costs less than Quantity and actually delivers more $$$, loyalty, customers,...
The Loyalty Effect Summary
Read Article as PDF The Loyalty Effect: The Hidden Force Behind Growth, Profits & Lasting Value A Leadership Alliance summary of Frederick Reichheld’s book,published by Harvard Business School Press According to Dr. W. Edwards Deming, the Einstein of quality and business success, the true role of enlightened management is Prediction....
Discipline of Market Leaders
Read Article as PDF A summary of the highly insightful book by Treacy & Wierseman This book is the result of a three-year study of eighty corporations in thirty-six markets. Key marketing point: You can’t succeed by being all things to all people. You must focus on the unique value...
Reduce Waste and Maximize Profits
Read Article as PDF What if an additional 20% or more of your current gross revenues dropped to your bottom line? Studies show that waste in most American companies totals 20%+ of gross revenues, yet waste in companies using the Deming quality management method average 3%—or less. How? Answer: There is a better,...