Links to Other Sites
To access simply click onto the heading in the table below which will take you to the links as appropriate.
The Deming International Network
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The Deming Learning Network www.dln.org.uk is the Scottish presence of this international learning community, based in Aberdeen.
- The Deming Electronic Network - There is a world-wide virtual Deming community, from Australia, to Taiwan, to USA to France that is committed to change and the advancement of our
organisational thinking. The web page for the Network is http://deming.ces.clemson.edu/pub/den
The members of the network maintain contact through the daily exchange of their experiences. To subscribe contact Jim Clauson on den.list-request@deming.ces.clemson.edu
- In2in Thinking - the significant network geared to "thinking about thinking" - www.in2in.org
- The Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA) have formed a Deming Special Interest Group. The purpose of the group is to promote, through the IQA, ways in which the Deming approach can improve products, services and the world of work. It intends to act as a catalyst for the understanding, exploration, application and possibly the development of Deming's thinking. The contact for the group at IQA is Michael Debenham at IQA headquarters, 12 Grosvenor Crescent, London SW1X 7EE. Tel 020 7245 6722. The contact from the Deming Association is Alan Clark e-mail alan@keybiz.com
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- The Deming Forum - Hazel Cannon - Tel: 01525 402323 e-mail:
demingforum.uk@virgin.net
plus their web page http://www.deming.org.uk/ The forum has a range of books as well as having a series of excellent booklets including such titles as "Leading the Transformatiom" and "Learning and Leadership" It is also possible to purchase items such as the material to conduct the famous "red bead" experiment.
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- Inspiration Resources - which is part of the Centre for Management Creativity. They claim to be able to source any title for you. The contact is Rachel Vaughan tel: 01729 830322 e-mail: rachel@changeandinnovation.com
- A selection of books and videos are available from PMI Ltd. Details shown on their web page - www.pmi.co.uk - phone 02476 419089.
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Sites Worth Visiting
- Alfie Kohn - www.alfiekohn.org - crucial observations about rewards and their misuse - how they are used to manipulate - and how they inevitably lead to distortion.
- John Dowd - www.jsdstat.com - a profound thinker who worked with Dr Deming in his later years.
- The Butterfly Story - From the site of Wisdom Ways - change your beliefs to change your life - how "imaginal" cells in the caterpillar, after having been continually reject by the caterpillar's systems, eventually come together to transform the caterpillar into a butterfly - a great simile for those struggling to introduce new thinking into their organisation. http://www.wisdomways.net/AboutUs/ButterflyStory.asp
- Edward de Bono - www.edwdebono.com - on lateral thinking - Six Thinking Hats - creativity - and achieving simplicity
- The Centre for Management Creativity www.cmc@cmcsite.com
- The Centre for Confidence and Well Being based in Scotland and lead by Carol Craig author of "The Scots a Crisis of Confidence" Their web page is http://www.centreforconfidence.co.uk/index.php
- Competitive Scotland - http://www.competitivescotland.com/
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Local Consultants (Aberdeen)
The local consultants have a specific file detailing the services they offer. See Implementation with the assistance of consultants
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Consultants Based in England
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Organisational Learning and Management Development sites
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Flowmapping Packages
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Motivational Profiling and CompetanceAssurance
- Effectiveness consultants offer an Interpersonal Dynamics Inventory through which we can determine the nature of our own personal motivational profile. More information is available on the web site of Efectiveness Consultants or you can contact David McAra direct.
- Now Discover your Strengths - the outcomes of a 25 year muti-million pound research effort conducted by Gallup - the basic theme of which is that there is far more benefit and joy in developing our strengths rather than counteracting our weaknesses. Their web site is www.strengthsfinder.com
- Casmax - A Competence Assurance software and management program designed and marketed by Allomax - web site: www.casmax.com
Contact Peter McAteer e-mail: peter.mcateer@allomax.com
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Knowledge Management
- The following list is expanded on the Knowledge Management pages
- The Autonomy site www.autonomy.com
- The Briztech Network Knowledge Management site www.brint.com/km - Quote for KM World Magazine - "Brint is perhaps the best KM resource site out there"
- The Knowledge Board - the portal for the European KM community - www.knowledgeboard.com
- Teamsense - the site of Petrotechnics (Aberdeen) whose aim is to provide a tool to facilitate the sharing of facts and feelings - explicit with tacit knowledge. Site address: www.teamsense.com
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The Deming Forum organises a conference of International speakers for May of each year.
The Deming Forum can be contacted on - Tel: 01525 402323 e-mail: demingforum.uk@virgin.net The web site is www.deming.org.uk
The DLN wholeheartedly recommends this two day conference of international speakers and challenging workshops. It is an annual event that allows us in the UK to keep our thinking up to date as well as giving us the chance to meet a wide range of interesting people who are addressing the challenge of change.
Comments from previous conferences:
- This remains one of the best opportunities for learning and sharing on the conference calendar - Dave Taeger - 3M
- Focussed on practical solutions and good examples of success - Shaun Johnston - Raflatec
- Informality combined with ability to learn from and mix with experts - Andrew Jakeways - Rolls-Royce Aerospace
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