In our November 2018 interview podcast, his 1st session with Tripp, Mike Tveite reflects on his interactions with Dr. Deming, beginning with attending a Four-Day Seminar in 1986. Mike went on to help Dr. Deming with 25 of his Four-Day Seminars, and to follow him around while he consulted with a division of General Motors.
Highlights include:
- Mike's career, beginning as a Professor of Statistics
- First "World Shake" upon meeting Dr. Deming
- Dr. Deming in the MIT lecture series
- Learning statistics from Dr. Deming
- "Pond" statistics and "Stream" statistics
- Enumerative (pond) and Analytic (stream) Studies
- On what are you taking action?
- Mike's 2012 Deming Institute Conference presentation
- 14 Points for Management
- Management in a "pond" vs a "stream"
- The System of Profound Knowledge as a lens
- Production Viewed as a System
- The interdependent components of a system
- A single aim for the whole system
- Forces at work which undermine the aim of an organization
- Maximizing shareholder value
- Optimizing the system over the long term
- Data is like garbage, the need to know how to use it before collecting it