W. Edwards Deming…brilliant statistician, scientist and engineer. As a profound management thinker, Deming had no equal in the last century. His System of Profound Knowledge (SoPK) accomplished astounding transformations of major corporations and indeed entire nations.
Deming predicted our current economic crisis over thirty years ago. With traditional management techniques caving under the weight of mistaken assumptions about the way business works, it was Deming who appreciated the capacity to transform management practices by understanding systems, variation, psychology and a theory of knowledge.
Today, implementing his solution to the problems of management is the first step toward embracing leadership for change, advocating for increased communication, and engaging everyone in management transformation.
Here you will find a wealth of information to help you deepen your knowledge of Deming’s principles. Learn how to transform your own company for greater quality and success on all levels including customer satisfaction and profits.
Find the resources you need including consultants, speakers, teachers and a variety of tools.
The site is broken down into three main sections:
Learn: The resources you need to better understand Deming principles and share with others. Our Journal of Never Ending Improvement will feature articles from experienced experts. Deming Collaboration articles will have been read and edited by us. Other articles by individual authors may present different points of view. In every case the authors will be experienced, knowledgeable and respected experts.
In time a new interface will allow serious people to deepen their own understanding as well as contribute to the knowledge base of the Deming Community.
Act: Find information on consultants and speakers. In addition there are various tools to help in training, educating and communicating.
Why: In a few words, the world seems oblivious to Deming Principles and is instead embracing ranking of teachers, tampering in economics, creating false accounting numbers and blaming everyone except management and the current system of management. We appear to be in a headlong rush towards an even worse crisis than any of us have ever experienced. A full length article, Why Deming, Why Now? more deeply explores the problems that are upon us and why the prevailing system of management is failing. We will offer solutions and alternatives for our current frantic path as well as publish open letters to governments and companies outlining a saner and scientifically based path of action.
