Five-minute Deming: Plan-Do-Study-Act

The four-step discipline behind real improvement.

Apr 8 • Michael Carr

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10:03

Five-minute Deming: Quality before inspection

Building quality in instead of sorting failure out.

Apr 1 • Michael Carr

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8:09

March 2026

Five-minute Deming: "Common sense"

Why expecting employees to “use common sense” rarely fixes recurring problems.

Mar 25 • Michael Carr

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7:23

Five-minute Deming: Annual performance reviews

Why judging people rarely improves the work they do.

Mar 18 • Michael Carr

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7:47

Five-minute Deming: Putting out fires

Why the best way to fight fires is to prevent them from starting in the first place.

Mar 11 • Michael Carr

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6:46

Five-minute Deming: "Me" vs. "We" thinking

How "We" organizations gain a powerful competitive advantage

Mar 4 • Michael Carr

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6:26

February 2026

Five-minute Deming: Innovation

Why your best customers can’t tell you what to build next

Feb 25 • Michael Carr

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6:34

Five-minute Deming: Copying competitors

Why competitive advantage comes from learning, not imitation

Feb 18 • Michael Carr

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8:07

Five-minute Deming: Blaming the worker

Blaming the worker feels right—but it doesn’t fix anything

Feb 11 • Michael Carr

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7:57

Five-minute Deming: Pay vs. performance

What paying for performance really costs

Feb 4 • Michael Carr

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9:07

January 2026

Five-minute Deming: Awards & public recognition

The hidden cost of turning work into a contest

Jan 28 • Michael Carr

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7:40

Five-minute Deming: The Deming chain reaction

When quality leads, everything else falls into place

Jan 21 • Michael Carr

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