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  • Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge

  • How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future
  • By: John Willis
  • Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
  • Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (24 ratings)

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Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge

By: John Willis
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From the birth of modern industry, to winning WWII, to Japan’s Economic Miracle, W. Edwards Deming helped shape some of the most profound moments in modern history. Deming, an American engineer and statistician, is widely recognized for his contributions to the field of quality management. But his teachings go beyond quality management; they influence not only how we work today, but also how we can continue to succeed into the future.

Part business history, part biography, part journey into deep business sense, author John Willis captures the full picture of Deming’s life and influence. Most importantly, it reveals the experiences that led to Deming’s greatest discovery: the System of Profound Knowledge, a collection of fundamental truths that show how any system or process can be transformed into something greater.

From the real-life Rosie the Riveter to a hacker writing US cybersecurity law, Deming’s ingenuity and system of thinking changed how we think in the modern world. This book shows how we can take that influence and continue to apply it our own future.

©2023 John Willis (P)2023 John Willis
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Great historical journey of Deming

Excellent historical journey of Deming and impacts he made in the world. The story of his profound impacts across multiple industries is very insightful and inspirational.

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Required reading for all leaders

One of the most important books I have listened to. Required reading for all leaders. Very readable…

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30 years of experience summer up here.

start here if you want to learn how Deming, Google, DevOps and artificial intelligence are all related.

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Potential lost due to poor editing

I couldn't get all the way through this book. The author is too big a fan to let the information speak for itself. There are multiple personal interjections that provide no value, including unnecessary name drops. The author assumes that the reader knows all of the changes mentioned and believes that they're superior (which is not necessarily true). There are multiple examples of "Deming was in location X. Person Y was also there at that time and they went on to do great thing Z" with no real correlation between the two. It feels like more time is spent talking about Deming's influences than talking about him or what he's done.

Overall it was a painful read of what seems like could have been an interesting person.

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