The Red Bead Pod

In Episode 5 we wrap up Chapter 3 of Out of the Crisis which completes Deming's 7 Deadly Diseases and other obstacles. I highly recommend you go listen to Episode 4 if you haven't, as that is where we begin the Deadly Diseases conversation...wouldn't want you to feel like a child wandering into a movie halfway through and wondering what the plot is.  https://www.redbeadpod.com  

On this episode of the Red Bead Podcast's breakdown of Out of the Crisis we get into Chapter 3 and Deming's 7 Deadly Diseases for management. These are diseases that are created by western management, so it is also management's responsibility to rid us of them. We will hear how the Deadly Diseases map onto the 7 deadly sins, learn how we can become Wayfinder's like Moana, and be told what chicken...

In our third episode of the Red Bead breakdown of Out of the Crisis we finish Chapter 2 of the book, and specifically we round out our discussion of Deming's 14 Points for Management.  We finish off our Affinity Diagram seeking to organize the points under 4 broad categories -  Be About It, Build Quality In, Lead As You'd Be Led , and  Gift Pride In Work .  As a reminder we opened the store at red...

In our second episode of the Red Bead breakdown of Out of the Crisis we get into Chapter 2 of the book, and specifically Deming's 14 Points for Management.  We introduce an Affinity Diagram seeking to organize the points under 4 broad categories - Be About It, Build Quality In, Lead As You'd Be Led , and Gift Pride In Work . As we disect these categories we meet new friends, like CoCo and Balthaza...

In Episode 1 of the Red Bead podcast we start our breakdown of W. Edwards Deming's, "Out of the Crisis." Over the next several episodes we'll introduce the key concepts of the book as we move through, chapter by chapter. Key points in episode 1 include: How is, "Back to the Future" related to transformation in Japan? Why Japan was uniquely situated to accept Deming's teachings, where Quality reall...

Welcome to The Red Bead Pod, a show dedicated to sifting through the bins of Quality teachings in an effort to dig up the most relevant and actionable insights for today's practitioners. I'm Aaron and I'll be your host as we dive into some of the seminal works of our progenitors. I'm a Certified Quality Engineer with 15 years of experience in various roles in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance...