Richard Rathe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@CassandraVert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CassandraVert</span></a></span> </p><p>Actually, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Deming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deming</span></a> story is very much more!</p><p>Turns out Reagan gave him an award late in life... 😉 </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwar</span><span class="invisible">ds_Deming</span></a></p><p>Basically, he helped the <a href="https://c.im/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> win <a href="https://c.im/tags/WWII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWII</span></a>, then helped <a href="https://c.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> get back on its feet. After the war he was largely ignored by US industrial giants. That's one reason many of us are driving Japanese cars today!</p><p>Japan actually created the "Deming Prize" in his honor.</p><p>"During World War II, Deming was a member of the five-man Emergency Technical Committee. ...[he] taught SPC [statistical process control] techniques to [US] workers engaged in wartime production. Statistical methods were widely applied during World War II, but faded into disuse a few years later in the face of huge overseas demand for American mass-produced products."</p><p>"While working under Gen. Douglas MacArthur as a census consultant to the Japanese government, he was asked to teach a short seminar on statistical process control (SPC) methods to members of the Radio Corps, at the invitation of Homer Sarasohn. During this visit, he was contacted by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) to talk directly to Japanese business leaders, not about SPC, but about his theories of management, returning to <a href="https://c.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> for many years to consult."</p><p>Read this outline of his Key Principals to get the flavor of his work...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming#Key_principles" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwar</span><span class="invisible">ds_Deming#Key_principles</span></a></p><p>He's basically the father of modern <a href="https://c.im/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>-driven, <a href="https://c.im/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a>-centered <a href="https://c.im/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> and a personal hero of mine. 👏</p>