Re: Buddhism and Quality Circles

["John K. Balor" <balor1999@yahoo.com>]

David Kerrige and Will Pollard have said:
 
"[WED's] presentation [in Japan] succeeded so well that I have seen it suggested that
you have to be a Buddhist to understand the Deming Philosophy - which is
absurd when you remember that WED was a very traditional Christian."
 
I find this quite fascinating and remarkable at the same time.  Perhaps is it only possible to understand the Deming Philosophy from a Buddhist perspective, or at least from a perspective similar to Buddhism whether it might be gnostic, Christian or whatever?
 
Howard Gitlow made a magnificent statement of how it was to be a student under Deming, seeing Deming's life and philosophy as something completely integrated as is often used for explaining Zen Masters having reached satori.
 
The more I study Deming, the more I get the impression that in order to understand even the most obvious and elementary aspects of the philosophy cannot be done without Zen.  This is my impression, and I'm quite fascinated that there seem to be so many others who seem to think likewise.
 
John