Behind the Curtain: Adventures in Continuous Improvement

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Longtime manufacturing process engineer and trainer John Dyer discusses operational excellence and continuous improvement with Professor Mohamed Saleh, a Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement expert. Between them, the two share nearly 60 years of continuous improvement expertise. IndustryWeek has partnered with Dyer and Saleh to present their insights to a wide audience of manufacturing professionals.

  1. 20H AGO

    From Fear Culture to System Accountability: The Ongoing Debate Over Deming’s 14 Points

    Podcast hosts Dr. Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer share their favorites of Dr. Deming's 14 points and reflect on the management guru's most controversial principle.

    23 min

  2. FEB 23

    Dr. Deming: Don't Leave Organizational Transformation on the Factory Floor. It's Everybody's Job

    Hosts John Dyer and Dr. Mohammed Saleh discuss Dr. Deming's 14th point for management: Put everybody in the company to work to accomplish the transformation. The transformation is everybody's job. The hosts also outline the potential misuse of lean specialists.

    24 min

  3. FEB 16

    Institute a Vigorous Program of Education and Self-improvement: Dr. Deming's 13th Point for Management

    Understand the essential requirements to building an organization of thinkers rather than button-pushers, and delve into how AI should contribute to building a learning organization.

    22 min

  4. FEB 10

    Dr. Deming's 12th Point: Remove Barriers That Rob Workers of Right to Pride of Workmanship

    Explore why pride of workmanship is important as well as common barriers that destroy it within an organization.

    23 min

  5. FEB 2

    Eliminate Management by Objective: Dr. Deming's 11th Point for Management

    Explore what the podcast hosts describe as Dr. W. Edwards Deming's "most controversial" point for management, one that many executives have a problem with.

    25 min

  6. JAN 26

    Eliminate Slogans, Exhortations, and Targets: Dr. Deming's 10th Point for Management

    Learn why Dr. Deming called Point 10 his "biggest pet peeve" among the 14 points for transformation. One hint: It blames the workers.

    24 min

  7. JAN 19

    Break Down Barriers Between Departments: Dr. Deming's 9th Point for Management

    Learn how silos encourage local optimization at the expense of the whole, and gather tools to break down those barriers.

    24 min

  8. JAN 12

    Drive Out Fear: The 8th of Dr. Deming's 14 Points for Management

    Understand fear's invisible impact on KPIs and its destructive effects on innovation.

    24 min
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Longtime manufacturing process engineer and trainer John Dyer discusses operational excellence and continuous improvement with Professor Mohamed Saleh, a Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement expert. Between them, the two share nearly 60 years of continuous improvement expertise. IndustryWeek has partnered with Dyer and Saleh to present their insights to a wide audience of manufacturing professionals.

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