Dr. Deming
A New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 4)
What if better management starts with seeing connections that were there all along? In this conversation, Balaji Reddie and Andrew Stotz unpack one of the most powerful and overlooked ideas in management: that everything is connected.
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In this episode, Deming educator Balaji Reddie reveals the practices that are hiding in plain sight within most organizations. Practices that feel normal. That get celebrated. And that quietly undermine everything you’re building.
Read MoreA New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 2)
In this episode, educator and Deming practitioner Balaji Reddie explains why W. Edwards Deming was far more practical about leadership than many people realize. Drawing on both The New Economics and Out of the Crisis, Balaji shares stories and examples that bring Deming’s 17 principles of leadership to life.
Read MoreWhat Deming Knew That Your Dashboard Doesn’t
Why do more pressure, more meetings, and more accountability so often produce the same outcomes? John Dues and Andrew Stotz explore Deming’s overlooked insight that results are created by systems — not effort alone.
Read MoreA New Lens with Balaji Reddie (Part 1)
What if the problem isn’t your strategy, your people, or your tools, but the lens you’re looking through? In this first conversation with Andrew Stotz, quality educator Balaji Reddie explains why so many organizations chase Deming’s 14 Points and prizes but miss the philosophy underneath.
Read MoreWhy Commissions Didn’t Fix Our Sales Problem
What if your sales problem isn’t your people — but the system they’re stuck in? In this episode, they walk through what changed, what didn’t work at first, and why the biggest shift wasn’t the system — it was the psychology. If you’ve ever felt stuck trying to fix your salespeople, this will change how you think about it.
Read MoreFitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 4)
How do you run an offsite that actually changes performance — not just conversations? In this episode, Travis Timmons and Kelly Allan share with Andrew Stotz what happened during the Fitness Matters off-site.
Read MoreThe Courage to Not React
What do you do when a new data point drops—and all eyes turn to you? In this episode, John Dues and Andrew Stotz explore the leadership discipline required when performance data changes.
Read MoreFitness Matters: A Deming Success Story (Part 3)
How do you design a team off-site that actually improves your organization? In this episode, Travis Timmons breaks down the mechanics of a Deming-styled off-site team meeting—from starting months early and setting a clear aim to using pre-work, fishbone diagrams, and PDSAs to drive real change.
Read MoreWhere is Quality Really Made? An Insider’s View of Deming’s World
In this episode, Bill Scherkenbach, one of W. Edwards Deming’s closest protégés, and host Andrew Stotz discuss why leadership decisions shape outcomes far more than frontline effort. Bill draws on decades of firsthand experience with Deming and with businesses across industries.
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