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Re: REQUEST: Deming's quote on Profound Knowledge (help!!!)
- Subject: Re: REQUEST: Deming's quote on Profound Knowledge (help!!!)
- From: FVoehl@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 08:56:53 EDT
In a message dated 10/5/99 12:06:46 AM, rdgregorio@peco-energy.com wrote:
<<I believe that I saw a quote by Dr Deming once that went something like
"Profound Knowlede can not come from within".....>>
Chapter 4 of The New Economics by Dr. Deming deals with Profound Knowledge.
At the onset he states: *A system cannot understand itself. The
transformation requires a view from outside. The aim of this chapter (on
Profound Knowledge) is top provide an outside view--a lens-- that I call a
System of Profound Knowledge. It provides a map of theory by which to
understand the organizations that we work in.* (pp. 92).
So you are correct in stating that profound knowledge, according to Deming,
cannot come from within. Chapter 4 explains it to the fullest and is must
reading for anyone attempting to understand Deming's System of Profound
Knowledge (SoPK).
Frank Voehl (FVoehl@aol.com)
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