Five-minute Deming: The danger of sub-optimization

Why making one department “win” can make the whole company lose.

22 hrs ago • Michael Carr

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Five-minute Deming: Why improve if everything's great?

The best time to improve is when things are going well

Jan 1 • Michael Carr

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December 2025

Five-minute Deming: Annual growth targets

Replacing resolutions with improvement built on aim and method

Dec 26, 2025 • Michael Carr

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7:52

Five-minute Deming: Leading people vs. leading a system

Designing work so ordinary people can succeed on an ordinary day

Dec 17, 2025 • Michael Carr

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7:06

Five-minute Deming: Quotas, commissions, and sales targets

You can tell a lot about a company by what it pays people to do.

Dec 10, 2025 • Michael Carr

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Five-minute Deming: Teaching the system

Role of a Manager of People #1: Teach the meaning of a system

Dec 3, 2025 • Michael Carr

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4:53

November 2025

Five-minute Deming: Psychology

Why trying to “motivate” your team might be killing their motivation

Nov 26, 2025 • Michael Carr

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5:04

Five-minute Deming: Theory of knowledge

How great managers turn experiments into predictable success.

Nov 19, 2025 • Michael Carr

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4:53

Five-minute Deming: Understanding variation

Understanding variation is how leaders learn to see reality.

Nov 12, 2025 • Michael Carr

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5:22

Five-minute Deming: Appreciation for a system

Seeing your organization as a system may be the most important leadership shift you’ll ever make.

Nov 5, 2025 • Michael Carr

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October 2025

Lockheed Martin's Deming transformation

How Deming’s philosophy took flight at Lockheed Martin and changed everything

Oct 26, 2025 • Michael Carr

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Lights, camera, leadership: Deming in movies and TV

Put down that airport business book, grab some popcorn, and turn on Netflix.

Oct 1, 2025 • Michael Carr

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