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• neom · Jan 3, 2021 · Recommends

  As a huge Ed Deming fan, I'd recommend these books: - The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Deming-Leadership-Principle... - The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education: https://www.amazon.com/Economics-Industry-Government-Educati... - The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer: https://www.amazon.com/Toyota-Way-Management-Principles-Manu...…

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• senguidev · Apr 12, 2022 · Recommends

  …is not a prisoner dilemna where I lose if I cooperate. I would even argue that if it wasn't aligned, this would certainly be doomed. The books "Reinventing Organizations" (Frédéric Laloux) and "The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education" (Edward Deming) (intro: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20161226) gave me good intuitions that this can work at least at a corporate level.

  on “The endgames of bad faith communication” ↗
• cpach · Aug 25, 2021 · Mentions

  Avery inspired me to buy one of Deming’s books. Alas, I haven’t read it yet, but this was a good reminder that I should do so. (IIRC the one I bought was The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education.)

  on “An epic treatise on scheduling, bug tracking, and triage (2017)” ↗
• CalChris · Sep 17, 2021 · Mentions

  Actually, Deming said much the opposite: It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth. p. 26 of The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education It wasn't Drucker either. https://medium.com/centre-for-public-impact/what-gets-measur... This whole mindless must measure, must measure mentality has been criticized since the 50s. Measurement is…

  on “Goodhart's Law” ↗