Dates in March, communication and quality ( learn rehearsal in Jan)

It turns out that a couple of dates are during IPEX, the print show at ExCEL next year. The Deming SIG will hold another open meeting on the 25th March and there will be a TEDx in Exeter on the 28th. At first I thought this was too much for one week but it still leaves three days for IPEX and I think the other days relate.

Cross Media will be part of IPEX so the technology is about a form of communication where hard copy is included but is nothing special. The Deming ideas could relate to how organisations change. TEDx in Exeter has sold all the tickets available through social media.

This blog is about trying to link quality, learning and communication. It should be possible to record such a week and for it to more or less fit together. It can be tested online as each event has some sort of web existence. ExCEL is also the site for BETT so there can be a rehearsal with learning in January. BETT has always had a practical aspect in print production as part of other software. I don't think Apple or Adobe will attend, they have gradually moved online, but there may be a support stand with some connections.

There is a short gap till Learning Technology. Probably Adobe will be there but mostly concerned with video. Still an interesting situation to think about print.

The video is a TED talk about the MOOC. It is a bit extreme but at least raises some issues. There could be various time scales in different places. Meanwhile library buildings are still part of the plan, certainly in Exeter. Towards the end of IPEX will be a good time to look at a locality and see how the issues work out.

Radio is turning out to be most interesting. there is definitely a move to online listening and bits and pieces edited as clips. But live radio continues so I hope to find some time during the Wild Show on Phonic FM to talk about TED and the MOOC.

#Deming20 time travel started in 1950

I am still continuing with the idea that things changed during Deming's lifetime. Twenty years after his death is an occasion to work some of this through. Maybe the core ideas were clear enough for him but he changed the priority for what was presented. I recently saw a copy of a 1950 speech in Japan. There is a loop diagram that could be about learning but is closer to design and marketing. Then I found this video which is recent and relates to "profound knowledge" but also refers back to much earlier work.

So maybe it id just the audience that changes over time. It still seems to me that the aspect of learning and knowledge has more priority over time.

I still can't find much about Deming as content in academic courses. Maybe the ideas have spread into other areas. Clues welcome.

#Deming20 #QWcover Edwards Deming as story telling

This is another post trying to establish the tag #Deming20 ahead of the twenty years since his death, coming up at the end of this month. I think there is some value in getting a tag well enough known to find whatever turns up.

Recently there has been a cover story on Quality World in the UK showing Deming in the 50s and mentioning Japanese ideas - Ohno, Shingo - as following on from this. Some Deming fans would see his ideas also later in this timeline and of continuing relevance today.

I'm interested in the idea that his views may have changed over time. Because he is used as a reference it may be easier to look for coherence and stability. But over a long period of time you would expect some reflection and change. What to think of how the ideas were adapted in Japan? Why the delay till the '80s for much interest in the USA? What happened then? Why the emphasis on psychology and knowledge in the New Economics?

If there was some development, how might this have continued? I notice a lot of interest in analytics from web designers but not much discussion on how this relates to process. Maybe I missed it. Please use #Deming20 for links.

Also could someone tell the story of how Sociology arrived? At one point in time there was Max Weber studies and other elements. Then it became a subject. Not sure of the dates.

#Deming20 recent Quality Circles doc found on YouTube

I am continuing to look for YouTube clips for a #Deming20 playlist. There is a lot now available but not much from recently. I still think that Quality Circles have not been tried in the USA and UK. So research and comment from Asia is interesting. Two clips found today. The short link for the playlist is http://bit.ly/1hXb4td near the top are a comment on Quality Circles in the USA ( Lean is included in this discussion at this time) and a short documentary on the history of Quality Circles and recent experience in India.

I don't think there is much recent research on Deming in UK business schools. Maybe some of the ideas are presented as part of Lean or other terms. Not sure about this. The credits for the video include Prof SG Deshmukh, who is Director of ABV - IITM in Gwalior. I will try and find out more about links to articles.

Networks only one aspect, what about content, system, process?

This is now week three of Web Science and i have started to go backwards. I think I follow what the Network Analytics ideas are about. they can work out a measure of power and influence through models and statistics. But I think this is only one aspect of what is happening. I try to relate this blog and associated tweets for instance to ideas about system and process over time. I am still working on the #Deming20 tag so think about the "voice of the process" and "voice of the customer". Some of this flow of messaging has a function within a system.

One problem I think is growing is that a lot of professional operations within social media sites are following the idea that volumes of messages are what determines the rankings. There seems to be quite a lot of stuff without much meaning. There is also a return to broadcast mode rather than conversation. I realise network analysis will detect this but i am rambling just a bit.

So meanwhile the Networked Learning hotseat series is making more sense for me. Last week was about how computer assisted qualitative data analysis software had the consequence for research of encouraging coding and statistics. The discussion is in favour of qualitative analysis and selection of text based on interest. I'm thinking this is well worth exploring and mixing with the analytics on offer from social media sites.

( I still expect the Web Science course to be more positive about the web by the end of the course though, and still wondering when the Networked Learning community will find anything positive to say about a MOOC )

The hotseats are open to anyone, not just people who have been on previous conferences

http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/

http://networkedlearningconference.ning.com/

One of the references from the Web Science course is available online

http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss39/best%20papers/dm/03-03-08.pdf

Fisher, D. (2006). You Are Who You Talk To: Detecting Roles in Usenet Newsgroups. Proceedings of the 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences